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Chatsworth, California

LA-88 Nike Missile Site

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.
Los Angeles, California

Valley Relics Museum

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.
San Bernardino, California

Unofficial McDonald's Museum

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.
Simi Valley, California

Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."
Pasadena, California

California Cactus Center

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.
Belvedere Tiburon, California

Lava House

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.
Joshua Tree, California

'Krblin Jihn Kabin'

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.
Los Angeles, California

Templo Santa Muerte

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.
Piercy, California

Confusion Hill

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
California City, California

Lake Shore Inn

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.
San Francisco, California

Tobin House

Half of a house.
Palos Verdes Estates, California

The Dominator Shipwreck

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.
Newberry Springs, California

Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Cambria, California

Nitt Witt Ridge

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.
Glen Ellen, California

The Wolf House - Jack London State Park

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.
Albany, California

Albany Bulb

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
Los Angeles, California

Mosaic Tile House

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.
Topanga, California

Hidden Treasures

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

The Flower Fields

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
Santa Ynez, California

Neverland Ranch

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

Secret - Abandoned Brothel

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.
Ludlow, California

Ludlow

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

Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Healing Center

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.
Byron, California

Byron Hot Springs Hotel

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