The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.