A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Antiques by the Bay.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

This San Diego museum, housed in a former Navy training facility, is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

This odd California folly seems like it was almost designed to accumulate urban legends.

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

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The Hopi-style structure was built by the man who discovered Desert Hot Springs' famous mineral water.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

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

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

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

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

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