On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

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

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.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

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

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

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

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

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

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.