Places SoCal Creature Wants to Go

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

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.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

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

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

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

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

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

This park is home to California's first oil boomtown, with structures that have stood for more than a century.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

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

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.