Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

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

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Because there's no place like home.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.