The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

In the country around Buttonwillow, California, a marker commemorates a revealing moment in the story of a water colony from the fictional Kcymaerxthaere that sought independence.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

The fading, forgotten remains of a once bright and booming factory.

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.