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.
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Tehachapi, California
Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.
California City, California
The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Furnace Creek, California
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
Coalinga, California
A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Pasadena, California
Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.
Pasadena, California
The American Home, Re-imagined.
Pasadena, California
Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.
Guadalupe, California
Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.
Eureka, California
Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.
Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Glendale, California
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
Los Angeles, California
Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.
Los Angeles, California
Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
Los Angeles, California
The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.
Los Angeles, California
Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.
Pasadena, California
Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.