A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

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

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

One of the last remaining Carpenter Gothic churches is situated on a wildflower conservatory overlooking the bay.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

Astronomers plan to launch a space telescope into orbit, to find out what exactly stands in the way of an asteroid hitting Earth.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

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

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

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.