A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.