Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.