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This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

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

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.

Traces of General Patton’s Mojave Desert training camps for the North Africa campaign.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

The colossal cartoon man stands outside a Nevada museum.

An iron monument on the 120th meridian as surveyed, one of only four marking the boundary between Nevada and California north of Lake Tahoe.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Traditional, pre-Hispanic food is served alongside classic favorites in this family-owned Mexican restaurant.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.