This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

Dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.

This 19th century hydroelectric powerhouse was the first of its kind.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

A mesmerizing disco ball-like sculpture along the Sacramento River Walk.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Thousands of migrating monarchs overwinter clustered amongst the eucalyptus trees.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.