Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

A statue of the formerly enslaved person considered "the first liberator of the Americas" stands in the town named after him.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

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

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.

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

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

This tower is all that remains from a medieval fortress.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.