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

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

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

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

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

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

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

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.