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

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

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

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.