Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.

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

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

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

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

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

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

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.