A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

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

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

The Empire Mine is "one of the oldest, largest, deepest, longest and richest gold mines in California."

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.