Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

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

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

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

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.