After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Unusual white sandstone formations in the Los Padres National Forest.

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

A classic American barn that was the home of a classic American television star.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

A relic of the region's once booming timber industry.