One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

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

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

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

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

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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.

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