This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

This California estate was either haunted by ghosts or the Marx brothers.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Subterranean house made out of a grain silo, located in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

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

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.