This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

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

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

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

A celebration of once forgotten materials.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

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

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

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

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.