The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

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

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Referred to as "the crappiest fountain ever," this sculpture has been splashing unknowing passersby since 1969.

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."