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

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

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

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.