Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

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

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

If you are looking for a used Russian battery, Chinese Ham Radio or other electronic oddities this Flea Market is a good place to start.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.