Places downwardspiral Wants to Go

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

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

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

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

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

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

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

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

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

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

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

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

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

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.