In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

This cabin from the 1850s is one of the first structures built by Chinese immigrants in California.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

An abandoned lot littered with concrete debris was once the home of the world's first female railroad president.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

The beauty and the beast of hydraulic mining is on full display at this California Historic State Park.

Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.