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One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

Giant nude woman of Tijuana is also the artist's home.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.