World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

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.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

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