Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Mexican food and folk art.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

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.