The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

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

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

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

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

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

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

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

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.