A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.