Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

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

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

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

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

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.