Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A large instrument played by the wind.

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.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.