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Menlo Park, California

Pandemonium Aviaries

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.
Eureka, California

Abigail's Elegant Victorian Mansion

permanently closed
Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."
Hillsborough, California

Junípero Serra Statue

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida

River Country

permanently closed
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
Orlando, Florida

Discovery Island

permanently closed
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Orlando, Florida

"Singing Runway" at the Abandoned Disney World Airport

permanently closed
The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.
Orlando, Florida

Tupperware Confidence Center

permanently closed
A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.
Oxnard, California

Casa Sirena Seaside Resort

permanently closed
Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.
Los Angeles, California

Robinson's Liberty Bells

permanently closed
Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.
Los Angeles, California

Giant Scissors

permanently closed
Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.
Los Angeles, California

My Brother's Bar-B-Q Cow

permanently closed
A cow in the road might subvert the flow of traffic but this one's above it all, quite literally.
Los Angeles, California

'Remnal of a Senging Chave'

permanently closed
Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.
Los Angeles, California

The Babylon Court

permanently closed
This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.
Los Angeles, California

Dearly Departed Museum

permanently closed
A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.
London, England

Genius Treasure Museum

permanently closed
This informal museum is a magical trove of anonymous art collected from car boots and flea markets.
Los Angeles, California

California Institute of Abnormalarts (CIA)

permanently closed
Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.
Yokohama, Japan

Pink Holiday

permanently closed
Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.
Barcelona, Spain

La Carbonería

permanently closed
One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.
Austin, Texas

Yippee Ki Yay Stickwork Sculptures

permanently closed
An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles' Museum of Broken Relationships

permanently closed
Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.
Ventura, California

Ventura Oil Refinery

permanently closed
Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.
Los Angeles, California

Chandelier Tree

permanently closed
Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.
Chicago, Illinois

Heaven On Seven

permanently closed
Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.
Chicago, Illinois

Hot Doug's

permanently closed
Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.