Joshua Tree, California
The Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.
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Joshua Tree, California
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
San Francisco, California
In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
San Francisco, California
This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.
Palm Springs, California
An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Los Angeles, California
Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
Los Angeles, California
Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.
Los Angeles, California
Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
Los Angeles, California
The remains of the first punk club in L.A.
Los Angeles, California
A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Los Angeles, California
Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Los Angeles, California
A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.