A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

A land of debatable treasure.

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

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

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.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

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

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

This 75-year-old Shakespearean sculpture is painted by a local artist for every season.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.