This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

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

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

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

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.