Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

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

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

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

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

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

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.

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

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.