The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

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

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

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

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.