The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

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

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.