A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

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.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

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

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.