Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

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.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.