Mecca, California
Salton Sea History Museum
A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.
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Mecca, California
A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Niland, California
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
San Diego, California
Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
San Diego, California
A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
Long Beach, California
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.
Santa Monica, California
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Nampa, Idaho
A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.
Swan Valley, Idaho
A creek tumbles over a series of step-like rocks to create this scenic water feature.
South Lake Tahoe, California
One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.
Rancho Cordova, California
This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
San Francisco, California
Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.
San Francisco, California
Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
Bolinas, California
This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.
Inverness, California
The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.