America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

A 1930’s courtroom where John Dillinger and his gang went before a judge.

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

This mangled and twisted wreckage left by the side of a Mexican road was no accident, but a planned crash in the name of science and safety.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

This vast and otherworldly landscape is one of the largest dune complexes in North America.

Tucked away behind an unassuming set of shops is a must-see series of stunning murals.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.