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

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

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

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

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

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.