Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

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

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