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

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.

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

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

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

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

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A land of debatable treasure.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

This hidden Sufi cemetery is a spiritual monument for India's third gender community.

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.