A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

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

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.