Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

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

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

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

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."