Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.