Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

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

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

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

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

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

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.