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

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.