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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This Southern Californian Conservation Center is home to singing and howling apes.

The ruins of the movie ranch owned by actor and stuntman Ray "Crash" Corrigan.

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

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

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

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

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

Abandoned in 2009, this once popular resort destination now stands frozen in time.

Once the central jail for Los Angeles, this building housed inmates like Al Capone, those arrested from the Zoot Suit and Watts Riots, and individuals imprisoned for their sexuality.