Santa Maria, California
Betteravia Sugar Plant
Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.
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Santa Maria, California
Factory that once supported an entire company town of 350.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Santa Barbara, California
The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Tehachapi, California
Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.
Near Lake Arrowhead, California
Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.
Palos Verdes Estates, California
Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.
Mineral Wells, Texas
Decaying military base deactivated in the 70s is now visited by urban explorers and military enthusiasts.
Mineral Wells, Texas
Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Waxahachie, Texas
It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.
Ingram, Texas
A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.