The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

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.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

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.

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

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

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."

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.