This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

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

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.