An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

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

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

340 bicycles, 65 feet high.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.