The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.