A ruined hotel with an unlucky history and an eerie present.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

Here, Father Agapius Honcharenko established his homestead, becoming the first nationally conscious Ukrainian to settle in the United States.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.

The final resting place of a woman who never gave up on love.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.