A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

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

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

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

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

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

This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.

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

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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