The lynching and burial site of America's first train robbers.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

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

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

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

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