You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.