This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

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

This nonsensical smiling boat shuttles passengers between two places they could've easily walked between.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

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

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

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

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

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

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.