Places Edited by MtnLady

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This sailor's boneyard was lost under a parking lot for decades before being rediscovered.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.