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

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

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

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

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

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

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

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

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

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

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.