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

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

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

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.