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

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

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

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

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

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.