Lucerne Valley, California
King Clone
A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.
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Lucerne Valley, California
A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.
Baker, California
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Lake Los Angeles, California
A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.
Lone Pine, California
The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.
Yermo, California
A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
Barstow, California
Colorful sedimentary rock layers provide opportunities both for hiking and photography.
Tehachapi, California
Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.
Solvang, California
California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.
Solvang, California
In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.
Carpinteria, California
At 130 years old and 126 feet tall, it is the largest known example of the rare Torrey pine tree.
Carpinteria, California
Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.
Santa Barbara, California
California's largest steel arch bridge.
Santa Barbara, California
Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.
San Diego, California
This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.
Phoenix, Arizona
A museum and tribute to a brave profession.
Tempe, Arizona
The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.
San Diego, California
Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.
San Diego, California
Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.
Los Angeles, California
Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.
Los Angeles, California
Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.
Los Angeles, California
Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.
Los Angeles, California
A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.
Los Angeles, California
Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.