An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

According to legend it was a nap taken under this tree that kicked off the California Gold Rush.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

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

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

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

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

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.