This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

A large instrument played by the wind.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Half of a house.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.