The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

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

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

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

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

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

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

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

Mexican food and folk art.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.