This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

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.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

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

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.