Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

This graffiti-covered bridge is the quintessential vision of a place for disillusioned youth to escape the complexities of burgeoning adulthood.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

The remains of a deserted steamboat sit rusting beside an old ferry pier and an abandoned train platform.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

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

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

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

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

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

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

A 19th-century cabin built into a hollowed-out Sequoia tree.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.