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

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

This comprehensive collection features Native American artifacts dating back centuries.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

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

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

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

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."