The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

An abandoned car and strange wooden debris are among the scattered remains of the old sand and gravel quarry.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

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

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

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

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.