The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Russian history in San Francisco.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

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

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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