An outdoor display of military missiles developed at Point Mugu Naval Base.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

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

The echoes of a railroad town that solemnly mark the end of the line.

This Gold Rush ghost town was once the subject of a territorial dispute between California and Nevada.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A scenic hike in the High Sierra that ends at an old gold mine.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.