Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

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.

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

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

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.