Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

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

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

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

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

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

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.