The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

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

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

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

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.