Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

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

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.