Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Because there's no place like home.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

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

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.