The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

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

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

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

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft perfume fragrances.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".