The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

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

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

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