This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

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

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Sojourn to the past at this residence teeming with 1950s memorabilia.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

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

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.