An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.