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A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

Half of a house.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.