Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

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

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

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

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

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

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.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.