San Francisco, California
The Walt Disney Family Museum
Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.
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San Francisco, California
Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.
Veyo, Utah
A stoic rock cairn is all that remains to remember one of the more brutal instances of frontier treachery in American history.
San Francisco, California
Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
Stockton, California
This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.
Auburn, California
The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.
Truckee, California
Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.
Virginia City, Nevada
Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.
Columbus, Nevada
This silver-mining camp has been active intermittently from the 1860s to the present.
Smartsville, California
Once the largest town in eastern Yuba County now sits abandoned.
French Corral, California
Built to hold Gold Rush wealth, this building has withstood the test of time.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
San Francisco, California
A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.
Susanville, California
This hiking/biking/horse trail along an old railroad grade features trestles, tunnels, and a roadless stretch through the scenic Susan River canyon.
Litchfield, California
Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.
Tulelake, California
Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.
McCloud, California
This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Ione, California
One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.
Sierra City, California
A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.
Whitethorn, California
A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.
Burney, California
The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.
Oroville, California
California's first suspension bridge.