Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

The freeway that never was.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

This park is home to well over 100 handmade birdhouses.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

Check out a shovel along with your Shakespeare.