The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.

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

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

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

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

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.