Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

No one is quite sure of the origins of these idyllic natural hot springs at an abandoned mountain resort.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

The last Americana on Route 66.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

The last of its kind in the country.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.

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

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

Catch a glimpse of the elusive Peninsular bighorns right off of the desert freeway.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.