Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

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

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

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

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

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

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

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

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

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.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.