Welcome to my website. The state of California has designated over 1,000 historic landmarks throughout its 58 counties. As if my life is not busy enough, I decided to embark on a journey to visit all of the historic landmarks.
I do not know whether I will be able to complete this journey or not but the goal is to enjoy the process of reaching that finish line. I will be tracking my visits on the table below. This is a great table because you can sort any of the columns or do a search by typing in keywords in the search box.
On the day that I visited the landmark, there is a link that you can click to get more information on the landmark that I visited.
I have also added a map that tracks the landmarks that I have visited for a nice visual. Since there are so many landmarks to visit, I have only put up the landmarks in my neighboring counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside. As the visits become more populated on the website, I will expand the list of the landmarks.
I hope you can enjoy this site as much as I do.
Landmark No. | Landmark Name | City | County | Visited |
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990 | Christmas Tree Lane | Altadena | Los Angeles | N/A |
367 | E.J. Baldwin's Queen Anne Cottage | Arcadia | Los Angeles | N/A |
368 | Hugo Reid Adobe | Arcadia | Los Angeles | N/A |
934 | Temporary detention camps for Japanese Americans | Fresno | Los Angeles | N/A |
997 | Tuna Club of Avalon | Avalon | Los Angeles | N/A |
984 | Henry Gage Mansion | Bell Gardens | Los Angeles | N/A |
961 | Harold Lloyd Estate | Beverly Hills | Los Angeles | N/A |
665 | Portolá Trail Campsite 2 | Beverly Hills | Los Angeles | N/A |
160 | Plummer House and oldest house in Hollywood | Calabasas | Los Angeles | N/A |
718 | First United States Air Meet | Carson | Los Angeles | N/A |
911 | Chatsworth Calera | Chatsworth | Los Angeles | N/A |
874 | Workman Home and Family Cemetery | City of Industry | Los Angeles | 11/27/16 |
514 | Pomona Water Powerplant | Claremont | Los Angeles | N/A |
152 | Dominguez Ranch House | Compton | Los Angeles | N/A |
664 | Heritage House | Compton | Los Angeles | N/A |
975 | Santa Fe Trail Historical Park | El Monte | Los Angeles | N/A |
689 | Los Encinos State Historic Park | Encino | Los Angeles | N/A |
894 | SS Catalina | Ensenada, Baja California | Los Angeles | N/A |
235 | Casa Adobe De San Rafael | Glendale | Los Angeles | N/A |
637 | Catalina Adobe | Glendale | Los Angeles | N/A |
912 | Glendora bougainvillea | Glendora | Los Angeles | N/A |
1041 | Beach Boys Historic Landmark | Hawthorne | Los Angeles | N/A |
554 | Cecil B. DeMille Studio Barn | Hollywood | Los Angeles | N/A |
363 | Centinela Springs | Inglewood | Los Angeles | N/A |
717 | Angeles National Forest | La Canada | Los Angeles | N/A |
632 | Old Short Cut | La Canada | Los Angeles | N/A |
386 | La Casa de Carrión | La Verne | Los Angeles | N/A |
658 | Western Hotel | Lancaster | Los Angeles | N/A |
933 | Llano del Rio | Llano | Los Angeles | N/A |
1014 | Long Beach Marine Stadium | Long Beach | Los Angeles | N/A |
978 | Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site | Long Beach | Los Angeles | N/A |
145 | Avila Adobe | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
656 | Bella Union Hotel site | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
150 | Brand Park | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
1011 | Ennis House | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
822 | First Jewish site in Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
1011 | Freeman House | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
170 | Hancock Park | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
960 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
156 | Los Angeles Plaza | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
301 | Lugo Adobe | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
531 | Lummis Home | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
171 | Merced Theatre | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
744 | Mirror Building | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
972 | Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
144 | Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
730 | Old Plaza Firehouse | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
840 | Old Santa Monica Forestry Station | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
536 | Original building of the USC | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
159 | Pico House | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
655 | Portolá Trail Campsite | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
567 | St. Vincent's Place | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
522 | Serra Springs | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
789 | Site of the Los Angeles Star | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
993 | Watts Tower | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | N/A |
966 | Adamson House | Malibu | Los Angeles | N/A |
965 | Point Dume | Malibu | Los Angeles | N/A |
1018 | Manhattan Beach pier | Manhattan Beach | Los Angeles | N/A |
157 | Mission San Fernando Rey de España | Mission Hills | Los Angeles | N/A |
362 | Rómulo Pico Adobe | Mission Hills | Los Angeles | N/A |
161 | Mission Vieja | Montebello | Los Angeles | N/A |
385 | Rio San Gabriel Battlefield | Montebello | Los Angeles | N/A |
688 | Lyons Station Stagecoach Stop | Newhall | Los Angeles | N/A |
516 | Mentryville | Newhall | Los Angeles | N/A |
168 | Oak of the Golden Dream | Newhall | Los Angeles | N/A |
172 | Pioneer Oil Refinery | Newhall | Los Angeles | N/A |
516 | Well, CSO 4 | Newhall | Los Angeles | N/A |
151 | Campo de Cahuenga | North Hollywood | Los Angeles | N/A |
881 | Port of Los Angeles Long Wharf in Santa Monica | Pacific Palisades | Los Angeles | N/A |
1038 | Hay Tree | Paramount | Los Angeles | N/A |
871 | Gamble House | Pasadena | Los Angeles | N/A |
988 | Pacific Asia Museum | Pasadena | Los Angeles | N/A |
887 | Pasadena Playhouse | Pasadena | Los Angeles | N/A |
372 | Adobe de Palomares | Pomona | Los Angeles | 11/13/16 |
289 | First home of Pomona College | Pomona | Los Angeles | 11/13/16 |
381 | Old Whaling Station | Rancho Palos Verdes | Los Angeles | N/A |
373 | Old Salt Lake | Redondo Beach | Los Angeles | N/A |
1046 | Savannah Memorial Park | Rosemead | Los Angeles | N/A |
716 | Griffith Ranch | San Fernando | Los Angeles | N/A |
158 | Mission San Gabriel Arcángel | San Gabriel | Los Angeles | N/A |
451 | Ortega-Vigare Adobe | San Gabriel | Los Angeles | N/A |
669 | Governor Stoneman Adobe, Los Robles | San Marino | Los Angeles | N/A |
302 | Old Mill | San Marino | Los Angeles | N/A |
920 | Casa De San Pedro | San Pedro | Los Angeles | N/A |
380 | Site of Home of Diego Sepúlveda | San Pedro | Los Angeles | N/A |
1021 | Liberty Hill site | San Pedro | Los Angeles | N/A |
384 | Timm's Point and Landing | San Pedro | Los Angeles | N/A |
1006 | Beale's Cut Stagecoach Pass | Santa Clarita | Los Angeles | N/A |
590 | Lang Southern Pacific Station | Santa Clarita | Los Angeles | N/A |
919 | St. Francis Dam Disaster Site | Saugus | Los Angeles | N/A |
580 | Well, Alamitos #1 | Signal Hill | Los Angeles | N/A |
653 | The Cascades | Sylmar | Los Angeles | N/A |
753 | San Fernando Cemetery | Sylmar | Los Angeles | N/A |
383 | Jose Dolores Sepulveda Adobe | Torrance | Los Angeles | N/A |
556 | Rancho San Francisco | Valencia | Los Angeles | N/A |
167 | La Mesa Battlefield | Vernon | Los Angeles | N/A |
127 | Casa De Governor Pio Pico | Whittier | Los Angeles | 11/20/16 |
947 | Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility | Whittier | Los Angeles | 11/20/16 |
646 | Grave of George Caralambo | Whittier | Los Angeles | N/A |
681 | Paradox Hybrid Walnut Tree | Whittier | Los Angeles | 11/20/16 |
147 | Banning Park | Wilmington | Los Angeles | N/A |
169 | Drum Barracks | Wilmington | Los Angeles | N/A |
939 | Old Trapper's Lodge | Woodland Hills | Los Angeles | N/A |
963 | Camp Cady (on the Mojave Road) | Barstow | Los Angeles | N/A |
219 | Anaheim Landing | Seal Beach | Orange | N/A |
959 | Balboa Pavilion | Newport Beach | Orange | N/A |
218 | Barton Mound | East Irvine | Orange | N/A |
217 | Black Star Canyon Indian Village Site | Silverado | Orange | N/A |
228 | Carbondale | Silverado | Orange | N/A |
189 | Dana Point | Dana Point | Orange | N/A |
227 | Diego Sepúlveda Adobe | Costa Mesa | Orange | N/A |
226 | Don Bernardo Yorba Hacienda | Yorba Linda | Orange | N/A |
775 | First water-to-water flight | Newport Beach | Orange | N/A |
225 | Flores Peak | Modjeska Canyon | Orange | N/A |
112 | North gate of city of Anaheim | Anaheim | Orange | N/A |
794 | McFadden Wharf | Newport Beach | Orange | N/A |
200 | Mission San Juan Capistrano | San Juan Capistrano | Orange | N/A |
205 | Modjeska House | Modjeska | Orange | N/A |
198 | Old Landing | Newport Beach | Orange | N/A |
1004 | Old Town Irvine | Irvine | Orange | N/A |
918 | Olinda | Brea | Orange | 11/26/16 |
201 | Pioneer House of the Mother Colony | Anaheim | Orange | N/A |
837 | Old Orange County Courthouse | Santa Ana | Orange | N/A |
729 | Old Maizeland School | Buena Park | Orange | N/A |
204 | Old Santa Ana | Orange | Orange | N/A |
203 | Red Hill | Santa Ana | Orange | N/A |
1015 | Richard Nixon Birthplace | Yorba Linda | Orange | 11/26/16 |
199 | Serrano Adobe | El Toro | Orange | N/A |
202 | Silverado | Silverado | Orange | N/A |
948 | Blythe Intake | Blythe | Riverside | N/A |
101 | Giant desert figures | Blythe | Riverside | N/A |
102 | Site of Louis Rubidoux House | Rubidoux | Riverside | N/A |
188 | Butterfield stage station | Temescal Valley | Riverside | N/A |
187 | Carved Rock | Temescal Valley | Riverside | N/A |
992 | Contractor's General Hospital | Desert Center | Riverside | N/A |
738 | Corona Founders Monument | Corona | Riverside | N/A |
787 | de Anza crossing of the Santa Ana River, 1775 and 1776 | Riverside | Riverside | N/A |
985 | Desert Training Center | Riverside | N/A | |
985 | Desert Training Center | Riverside | N/A | |
985 | Desert Training Center | Chiriaco Summit | Riverside | N/A |
557 | Hemet Maze Stone | Hemet | Riverside | N/A |
943 | Jensen Alvarado Ranch | Riverside | Riverside | N/A |
761 | Mission Inn | Riverside | Riverside | N/A |
638 | Old Temescal Road | Temescal Valley | Riverside | N/A |
190 | Painted Rock | Temescal Valley | Riverside | N/A |
20 | Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree | Riverside | Riverside | N/A |
104 | Pochea Indian village site | Hemet | Riverside | N/A |
1009 | Ramona Bowl | Hemet | Riverside | N/A |
1005 | Rancho Santa Rosa | Murrieta | Riverside | N/A |
303 | Robidoux Grist Mill Site | Rubidoux | Riverside | N/A |
749 | Saahapta | Beaumont | Riverside | N/A |
185 | Serrano Boulder | Temescal Valley | Riverside | N/A |
186 | Serrano tanning vats | Temescal Valley | Riverside | N/A |
103 | Site of the de Anza camp, March 1774 | Riverside | Riverside | N/A |
224 | Site of the Third Serrano Adobe | Temescal Valley | Riverside | N/A |
989 | Soviet 1937 transpolar flight landing site | San Jacinto | Riverside | N/A |
121 | Agua Mansa | Colton | San Bernardino | 12/28/16 |
994 | A.K. Smiley Public Library | Redlands | San Bernardino | N/A |
977 | Arrowhead | San Bernardino | San Bernardino | N/A |
782 | Calico | Calico | San Bernardino | 12/19/16 |
963 | Camp Cady | Newberry Springs | San Bernardino | N/A |
985 | Camp Clipper | Fenner | San Bernardino | N/A |
985 | Camp Ibis | Needles | San Bernardino | N/A |
985 | Camp Iron Mountain | Vidal | San Bernardino | N/A |
737 | Chimney Rock | Lucerne Valley | San Bernardino | N/A |
490 | Cucamonga Winery | Cucamonga | San Bernardino | N/A |
579 | Daley Toll Road Monument | Rim Forest | San Bernardino | N/A |
617 | Fort Benson | Colton | San Bernardino | 12/28/16 |
892 | Harvey House | Barstow | San Bernardino | N/A |
622 | Henry Wade Exit Route | Baker | San Bernardino | N/A |
619 | Holcomb Valley | Big Bear City | San Bernardino | N/A |
939 | Hulaville Forest | Hesperia | San Bernardino | N/A |
1019 | Kimberly Crest | Redlands | San Bernardino | N/A |
1028 | Madonna of the Trail | Upland | San Bernardino | N/A |
618 | Garcés-Smith Monument | Colton | San Bernardino | N/A |
95 | Guachama Rancheria | Redlands | San Bernardino | N/A |
963 | Mojave Road | Barstow | San Bernardino | N/A |
43 | Mill Creek Zanja | Redlands | San Bernardino | N/A |
96 | Mormon Lumber Road | Crestline | San Bernardino | N/A |
44 | Mormon Stockade | San Bernardino | San Bernardino | 12/28/16 |
577 | Mormon Trail Monument | San Bernardino | San Bernardino | N/A |
781 | National Old Trail Monument | Needles | San Bernardino | N/A |
725 | Old Bear Valley Dam | Big Bear Lake | San Bernardino | N/A |
939 | Possum Trot | Yermo | San Bernardino | N/A |
942 | Rancho Santa Ana del Chino | Chino | San Bernardino | 11/25/16 |
42 | San Bernardino de Sena Estancia | Redlands | San Bernardino | N/A |
576 | Santa Fe And Salt Lake Trail Monument | San Bernardino | San Bernardino | N/A |
774 | Searles Lake Borax discovery | San Bernardino | San Bernardino | N/A |
578 | Stoddard-Waite Monument | San Bernardino | San Bernardino | N/A |
573 | Sycamore Grove | Devore | San Bernardino | N/A |
360 | Tapia Adobe | Cucamonga | San Bernardino | N/A |
950 | U.S. Rabbit Experimental Station | Fontana | San Bernardino | 12/28/16 |
859 | Von Schmidt State Boundary Monument | Needles | San Bernardino | N/A |
191 | Yorba-Slaughter Adobe | Chino | San Bernardino | 11/25/16 |
528 | Yucaipa Adobe | Yucaipa | San Bernardino | N/A |
620 | Yucaipa Rancheria | Yucaipa | San Bernardino | N/A |
440 | Alameda Terminal of the First Transcontinental Railroad | Alameda | Alameda | N/A |
908 | Berkeley City Club | Berkeley | Alameda | N/A |
299 | Camino of Rancho San Antonio | San Leandro | Alameda | N/A |
968 | Site of the China Clipper flight departure | Alameda | Alameda | N/A |
694 | Church of St. James the Apostle | Oakland | Alameda | N/A |
1036 | Coast Guard Lightship WLV 605 | Oakland | Alameda | 01/06/17 |
641 | Concannon Vineyard | Livermore | Alameda | N/A |
954 | Croll Building | Alameda | Alameda | N/A |
279 | Estudillo Home | San Leandro | Alameda | N/A |
586 | Cresta Blanca Winery | Livermore | Alameda | N/A |
896 | First Unitarian Church of Oakland | Oakland | Alameda | 01/06/17 |
510 | Francisco Solano Alviso Adobe | Pleasanton | Alameda | N/A |
107 | Joaquin Miller Home | Oakland | Alameda | N/A |
642 | Leland Stanford Winery | Fremont | Alameda | N/A |
241 | Livermore Memorial Monument | Livermore | Alameda | N/A |
849 | Mills Hall | Oakland | Alameda | N/A |
334 | Mission San José | Fremont | Alameda | N/A |
884 | Paramount Theatre | Oakland | Alameda | N/A |
1027 | Pardee Home | Oakland | Alameda | 01/06/17 |
925 | Peralta Hacienda Site | Oakland | Alameda | N/A |
285 | Peralta Home | San Leandro | Alameda | N/A |
986 | Piedmont Way | Berkeley | Alameda | N/A |
970 | Rainbow trout species identified | Oakland | Alameda | N/A |
246 | Rancho San Antonio (Peralta Grant) | San Leandro | Alameda | N/A |
824 | San Leandro Oyster Beds | San Leandro | Alameda | N/A |
962 | Site of Blossom Rock Navigation Trees | Oakland | Alameda | N/A |
45 | Site of College of California | Oakland | Alameda | 01/06/17 |
503 | Site of the First County Courthouse | Union City | Alameda | N/A |
776 | Site of the First Public School in Castro Valley | Castro Valley | Alameda | N/A |
768 | Site of the nation's first successful sugar beet factory | Union City | Alameda | N/A |
676 | Site of Saint Mary's College | Oakland | Alameda | N/A |
335 | Site of Shell Mound | Emeryville | Alameda | N/A |
1025 | Ukrania, Site of Agapius Honcharenko Farmstead | Hayward | Alameda | N/A |
946 | University of California, Berkeley Campus | Berkeley | Alameda | N/A |
1029 | USS Hornet | Alameda | Alameda | N/A |
46 | Vallejo Flour Mill | Fremont | Alameda | N/A |
957 | Wente Bros. Winery | Livermore | Alameda | N/A |