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Santa Ynez, California

Neverland Ranch

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.
Mono County, California

Hot Creek Geological Site

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

The Masque

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.
San Francisco, California

Mission Dolores Cemetery

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
Calistoga, California

Castello di Amorosa

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.
San Jose, California

Drawbridge

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Los Angeles, California

Stay On Main Hotel

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

Ludlow

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
San Diego, California

Whaley House

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.
Rosamond, California

The Cat House

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
Silverado, California

Black Star Canyon

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.
Leggett, California

Chandelier Tree

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Yucca Valley, California

Bob's Crystal Cave

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.
Inyo County, California

Badwater Basin

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

Thornburg Village

A storybook European village in Berkeley.
Joshua Tree, California

Hicksville Trailer Palace

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.
San Francisco, California

The Shipwrecks at Land's End

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
Mount Baldy, California

Bridge to Nowhere

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.
Los Angeles, California

Rosenheim Mansion

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
Bridgeport, California

Bodie State Historic Park

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

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
Los Angeles, California

Idle Hour

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
Big Pine, California

Methuselah Tree

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Los Angeles, California

John Sowden House

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.