The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

One of the smallest parks in San Francisco honors the legacy of the "Mother of Civil Rights in California."

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.