You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

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

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

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

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

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

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

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

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

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.