On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

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

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

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

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

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

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

The oldest standing structure in downtown San Diego.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.