Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

What is the Thing?

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.