Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

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

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.