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

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

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

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

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

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.