Places James Gage Wants to Go

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

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.

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

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 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

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.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

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

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.