New York, New York
Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
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New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Phoenix, Arizona
A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
San Francisco, California
Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.
San Francisco, California
Only hotel where you can legally launder money.
Anaheim, California
The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Mecca, California
A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Ocotillo, California
This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".
San Diego County, California
The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Los Angeles, California
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Los Angeles, California
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Glendale, California
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.
Los Angeles, California
Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
Palomar Mountain, California
A world-class observatory in the California desert.