Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

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

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

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

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

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

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The quirky salon doubles as a retro museum run by the world's leading "hairstorian."

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

Mexican food and folk art.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.