This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

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

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

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

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

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

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.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.