One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

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

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.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.