A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Home to an apple tree that can produce 25 different varieties of fruit.

A huge work of Burning Man-inspired outsider art on the grounds of a California winery.

A striking eight-story-high obelisk perched on a coastal California cliff.

An ever-updating collection of retro Americana.

One of the largest Buddhist communities in the West sits on the site of an old hospital.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

This world-class vineyard has a peculiar collection of contemporary sculptures scattered across the property.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

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

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