This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

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

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

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

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.