A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

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

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.