The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

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

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.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.