Ojai, California
Bart's Books
Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."
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Ojai, California
Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."
Ojai, California
Make sweet music as you walk through this interactive sonic sculpture.
Ventura, California
Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.
Ventura, California
Kayak out to a floating restroom.
Ojai, California
Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.
Ojai, California
The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.
Big Bear Lake, California
In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.
Joshua Tree, California
An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.
Joshua Tree, California
The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."
Joshua Tree, California
Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.
Chiriaco Summit, California
A museum dedicated to the life and career of the gifted but controversial general.
Quartzsite, Arizona
This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.
Quartzsite, Arizona
A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.
Nothing, Arizona
Nothing to see here.
Mesa, Arizona
This massive, ancient canal system was built using only sticks and stones.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Boulder City, Nevada
These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A unique shopping and dining park created from old shipping containers and filled with local businesses.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.
Valentine, Arizona
The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.
Kingman, Arizona
Don't blink or you'll miss it.