The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

Exploring the wilder, more passionate sibling of Erg Chebbi feels like discovering a secret sun-kissed planet from another galaxy.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

A little-known museum of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek artifacts.

This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.

Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.

From a distance, this statue of an eagle looks like a giant chicken on a stick.

This roadside attraction became locally famous for its unintentionally phallic shape.

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

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

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.

God's Saharan sandbox of wrath.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

On a small island in the Caribbean, a statue of Napoleon's first wife has been beheaded and covered in red paint.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

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

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.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.