The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

Oldest building in California still in use.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

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

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.