James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

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

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

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.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.