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

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

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

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.