This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

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.

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

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.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.