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Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.