Massive crater in central Oregon.

The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

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

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.