A statue commemorating the heroic life of a Viking postman who was the Godfather of California skiing.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

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

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.