An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

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

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

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

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

The only international border marker within the United States.