Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

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

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

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

A small space-exploration exhibit hidden in a hotel.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

A blast from the past in central San Diego.