A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

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

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

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

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

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

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Bjork, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

You don't want to get caught in this trap--or do you?

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.