First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Mexican food and folk art.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.