Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

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

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.