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.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

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

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

Kayak out to a floating restroom.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.