A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

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

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

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

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

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

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

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Oldest building in California still in use.

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The final resting place of the songwriter who penned “Take Me Out To The Ball Game."

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.