A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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

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

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

An urban laboratory.

Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.