Places starvira Wants to Go

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

The remains of an attempt to carve a thriving metropolis from the forest, and once home to the first revolving door in North America.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.