Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).