The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

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

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

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

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

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

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

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

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.