An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

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

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.