This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.