Panamint, California
Barker Ranch
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
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Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
San Francisco, California
Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.
Glen Ellen, California
The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Marshall, California
Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.
Yosemite National Park, California
The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.
Sonora, California
A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.
Whitethorn, California
A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.
Los Angeles, California
A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
Los Angeles, California
World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.
Ludlow, California
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Los Angeles, California
The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
Newberry Springs, California
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.
Landers, California
Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Los Angeles, California
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.