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 only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

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.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

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

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

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

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.