Places SoCal Creature Wants to Go

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

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

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

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

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

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

Peek inside this sandy mailbox and you'll spot kids' letters to Santa.

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

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

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

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

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

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

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