A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

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.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.