This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

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

This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

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

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

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.