An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

A military vehicle collection, showcasing how war transportation advanced from horse drawn artillery to self propelled cannons.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

The freeway that never was.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

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

Formerly Fire Station No. 27, the museum is a hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

A celebration of once forgotten materials.