This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.

A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.