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

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

One of the world's tallest flagpoles.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

Hiding in plane sight.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

This massive statue of John Muir on the side of a California highway was carved from a redwood tree.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.