This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Oldest building in California still in use.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.

A small medical museum with a recreated doctor's office.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.