Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

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

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

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

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.