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This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

A Community Cornerstone.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.