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

A semi-abandoned village destroyed by U.S. bombings during World War II dominates the valley of Turano.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.

Here, Father Agapius Honcharenko established his homestead, becoming the first nationally conscious Ukrainian to settle in the United States.

A Roman-inspired temple once controlled half of San Francisco's waters.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.