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

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

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

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

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

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.