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

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

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

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

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

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

In one of the hottest parts of the Mojave Desert, shallow bedrock forces the typically dry Mojave River to the surface in this canyon, providing a vital oasis for humans and wildlife.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

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

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

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

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.