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.

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.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

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

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

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

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

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.