A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

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

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

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

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

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Mexican food and folk art.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

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

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.