After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

This unique bed and breakfast was first constructed during the 1800s by a Russian immigrant family.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

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.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

This Rocky Mountain mansion was the luxurious home of the authoritarian leader of a company town.

An artist-run shop filled with art inspired by and made from nature.

The temporary burial site of the man who shot and killed Jesse James.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.

This enigmatic building features numerous architectural styles.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.