Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

Orcas on display and in the water.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.