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

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

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

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

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

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."