There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

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

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

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

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

Gouged in the mountain to make stage coach access easier through the Fremont Pass.

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.