A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

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

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

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.