This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

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

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

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

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

This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.