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

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

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

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

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.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.