Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

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 graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.