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

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

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

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

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

The only museum and archive west of the Mississippi that is dedicated to the study of Abraham Lincoln.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.