A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

Mexican food and folk art.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

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.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

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

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.