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

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

Mexican food and folk art.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.