Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.