Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

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

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

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

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Because there's no place like home.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.