Beatty, Nevada
Tom Kelly's Bottle House
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
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Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Goldfield, Nevada
Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Julian, California
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.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Joshua Tree, California
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.
Joshua Tree, California
An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.
Palm Springs, California
This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.
Desert Hot Springs, California
The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.
Thousand Palms, California
Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.
Mecca, California
A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.
Mecca, California
World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
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
Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
Beverly Hills, California
Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.