The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

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

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.