A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."