The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.