Huell visits historic Fire Station No. 30 on S. Central Avenue in Los Angeles which houses the African American Firefighter Museum, a nonprofit dedicated to collecting, conserving, and sharing the heritage of African American firefighters.
Huell visits Mount Rubidoux which rises 500 feet just west of downtown Riverside. Now a popular city park and landmark, the first outdoor non-denominational Easter Sunrise Service was held there in 1909 and is still a local tradition.
Huell goes to The Webb Schools in Claremont to visit the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, the only such museum on a high school campus in the world. He then joins class of 1961 alumni for a reunion trip to a dig site near Barstow.
Huell visits master mosaic artist Dennis O'Conner whose work can be seen all across the Southland and who has created some of the largest and most amazing mosaics in America.
Huell visits Descanso Gardens in La Cañada for a good old-fashioned rally with the Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors Association featuring everything from show box size monkey grinders to huge organs that once traveled around Europe.
Huell goes to Navy Pier in San Diego to visit the Sea Shadow, a futuristic vessel built in 1983 to test new naval technologies, especially signature control, better known as stealth.
Huell visits the Museum of Neon Art to learn about the history of neon, then climbs aboard a double-decker bus for a twilight tour of L.A.'s great neon signs.
Huell visits Griffith Park for a day of riding the rails with Los Angeles Live Steamers. Founded in 1956 by train enthusiasts with the goal of educating people about railroad history, the club runs 7-1/2" gauge model trains for the public.
Huell visits Fairplex in Pomona to see the Garden Railroad, the oldest and largest of its kind in the US. Open all year and a big hit of the L.A. County Fair, the display depicts various eras in California history from the 1800s to today.
Huell visits RailGiants Train Museum at Fairplex, the L.A. County Fairgrounds, in Pomona. Hosted by the Southern California Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, it houses some well-preserved locomotives and railcars.
Huell visits The Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar to see the 100 cars displayed in this addition to The Nethercutt Collection, but mostly he wants to see a restored private Pullman Palace Car originally owned by Lucky Baldwin's daughter, Clara.
Huell visits the Queen Anne Cottage at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden which was built on the former property of Lucky Baldwin in 1885 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Huell visits the town of Joshua Tree for the Didgeridoo Festival, a celebration of the world's oldest wind instrument. It brings together devotees and beginners alike who make, play, and listen to these Aboriginal Australian instruments.
Huell visits The Hamlet at Moonstone Gardens Restaurant in Cambria. When the owners bought a three-acre nursery and gardens of exotic succulents and cacti, they converted the building to a restaurant but kept the gardens for all to enjoy.
Huell visits the historic town of Los Alamos located off Highway 101 halfway between San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara. It is home to two architectural gems, a Victorian mansion and the Union Hotel, both dating back to the late 1800s.
Overfishing and pollution caused the decline of wild abalone along the coast. Huell visits The Abalone Farm, near Cayucos, which has been raising and selling abalones since 1968. He also samples some farm-raised abalone at a local cafe.
Huell visits with the Vail and Vickers families, who had been cattle ranching on Santa Rosa Island from 1901 to 1998, to learn about their custom-built boat named the Vaquero used to get the cattle to the mainland for market.
Standing above Runyon Canyon near Hollywood, "OUTPOST" was once the largest neon sign in the world and rivaled the "HOLLYWOODLAND" sign. Huell visits the ridge where this California landmark lies in the weeds to bring it out of the past.
Huell visits John Gaughan, a magician who for 35 years has designed and built illusions for big-name magic acts and stage effects for rock musicians. He also collects and restores vintage magic devices dating back to the 18th Century.
Huell goes to the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden to visit the Wild Mushroom Fair held annually by the Los Angeles Mycological Society.
Huell visits with the Orange County Model Sailing Club as they cruise radio-controlled schooners on the lake at Mason Regional Park in Irvine during their mid-winter Schooner Argosy where all models are based on real, pre-1940 schooners.