This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.