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

A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.

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

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

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.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.