This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

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

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.