The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

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

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

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

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

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.