The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

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

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

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

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.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.