A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

An incredible little museum of interior design full of artifacts collected from around the world.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Mexican food and folk art.

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

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

One incredible room in the Santa Barbara Courthouse is covered in wall-to-wall canvas murals.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The largest Buddhist city in Europe is a haven for chess fanatics.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.