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An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A desert community’s history is captured by this collection of artifacts and memorabilia.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

An underground nightclub helped spark a "Singing Revolution."

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.