Places Riot Leviathan Wants to Go

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

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

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

In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

The last Americana on Route 66.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Where decommissioned airplanes and helicopters go to become part of Hollywood.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.