A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."