One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

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

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

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

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

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

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

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.