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

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.