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These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

This bright and bubbly Palm Springs hotel was the brainchild of an iconic drag queen.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

A monument to the legacy of the man who created Spongebob Squarepants at the school where his passion for art and marine biology began.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

The oldest home in Huntington Beach, the farmhouse is a monument to the region's pioneer past.

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.