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

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

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

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

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.