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

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

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.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

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

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

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

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