Baker, California
World's Largest Thermometer
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
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Baker, California
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Santa Monica, California
A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.
Lone Pine, California
The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.
Los Angeles, California
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.
Pasadena, California
A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.
Los Angeles, California
The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.
Truckee, California
Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.
Glendale, California
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Santa Monica, California
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Reno, Nevada
Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."
Las Vegas, Nevada
Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.
Virginia City, Nevada
These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.
Reno, Nevada
This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.