The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

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

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

These WWII-era murals were initially booed as a libelous portrayal of the American dream but have survived multiple attempts to have them destroyed.