Places Oops3ggs Wants to Go

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

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

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

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

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The largest drain hole in the world.

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

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

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.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

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