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

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

Crosses of all shapes, sizes and colors litter the mountain, the site of a huge yearly Orthodox pilgrimage.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.