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

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

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

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

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

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

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

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

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.