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

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'