Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.

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

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

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

"Only the devil could play golf here."

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

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.