At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

The memorial to the victims of the Jonestown Massacre carries the names of 918 lost, including one name people wish wasn't there.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.