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Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Hidden deep in the Joshua Tree Wilderness, this 1940s miner's cabin built into a gap between two mega-sized boulders.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Since 1985, this Victorian home has operated as a museum filled top to bottom with American-made glassware.

The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.

Meet California's largest recorded lodgepole pine: an 11-story-tall, 440-year-old living relic that has survived centuries of disaster to rank among the world's greatest forest giants.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Large metal sculptures spread throughout an open landscape.

A desert community’s history is captured by this collection of artifacts and memorabilia.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A quirky little oasis in the California desert where rescue animals abound.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.