Places Chelgoroth Wants to Go

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

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

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

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

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

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

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

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

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.