One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

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

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

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

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

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

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