Santa Cruz, California
Court of Mysteries
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Davenport, California
Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.
Pescadero, California
A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.
Woodside, California
Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.
Pescadero, California
Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.
Chatsworth, California
Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.
Los Angeles, California
A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.
Palos Verdes Estates, California
Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Avalon, California
Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.
Ventura, California
The Ortega family started their iconic food company in this small, adobe kitchen.
Newbury Park, California
A basement full of treasures lies beneath this inn that has worn many hats throughout its 140+ years.
Camarillo, California
Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.
Oxnard, California
Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.
Oxnard, California
Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.
Lake Elsinore, California
This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.
Apple Valley, California
Built in the early 70s, the ruins of dinosaurs are all that remains of a man’s dream to build a free dinosaur themed mini golf course
San Bernardino County, California
This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.
Ludlow, California
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Esmeralda County, Nevada
This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!
La Grande, Oregon
A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.
Dufur, Oregon
The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.
Chemainus, British Columbia
A decaying gateway to a never-built housing collective.