Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

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

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

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

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.