Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

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

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

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

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.