Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.