While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

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

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

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

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

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

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

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

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

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

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.