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

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

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

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

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

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.

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

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

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

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

California's own majestic geyser is powered by a subterranean volcano.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

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

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

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

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

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