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

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

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.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

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

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

The last Americana on Route 66.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

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

A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.

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