The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.