Places octoberwitch Wants to Go

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.