A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

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

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

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

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

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

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

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Mexican food and folk art.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

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

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.