A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

An abandoned sawmill from more than 134 years ago stands testament to the ambition of one man.

This enigmatic building features numerous architectural styles.

Only a few signs remain of the buried Colorado mining town that supplied the uranium for the first atomic bomb.

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.

All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

Birds with backpacks expedite film development for a rafting company on a remote Colorado river.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

The remains of a World War II-era Japanese American internment camp dot a windswept Colorado hill.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.