Places helitua Wants to Go

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

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

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.