This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.