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

California's first suspension bridge.

This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

Outside San Francisco lies a small clown cemetery and memorial.

Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Home of the "Father of Forestry."

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

Two pillars set 10 paces apart commemorate the "last notable American duel."

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.