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This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

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

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.