Places J Kuzela Wants to Go

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

A seven-story circular concrete tower, once the heart of Ferrara’s Eridania distillery, resembles a modern industrial Colosseum.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

Definitely not a clown bar.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Wayne Newton's sprawling estate is now open for visitors to catch a glimpse of his "heart and soul."

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

Oldest building in California still in use.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.