A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

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.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.

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

While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

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

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.