An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

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

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

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

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

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

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

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

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

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

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

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

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

This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."