Mexican food and folk art.

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

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

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

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.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

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.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.