The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

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

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

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

The last Americana on Route 66.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

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

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

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

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.