Yosemite National Park, California
The Ahwahnee Hotel
The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.
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Yosemite National Park, California
The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Santa Ynez, California
The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
San Bernardino, California
This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.
Los Angeles, California
Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
Newport Beach, California
Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.
Los Angeles, California
Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.
Los Angeles, California
Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.
Los Angeles, California
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
Los Angeles, California
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
San Francisco, California
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Brownsville, Tennessee
A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.
Memphis, Tennessee
This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.
Nashville, Tennessee
This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.