The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

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

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

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

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

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 abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.