Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."