A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

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

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

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

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

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

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."