The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

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