This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

What is the Thing?

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

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

The stone-covered graves lie within the ruins of an Old West ghost town.