A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

An Airy Would-Be Solution to a Housing Shortage.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

The largest drain hole in the world.

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

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

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

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

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

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.