These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Mexican food and folk art.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.