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

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Oldest building in California still in use.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

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

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

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

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

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

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