Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

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 last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.