41 haunted and historic destinations in CA.
Los Angeles, CA
Fourth Street Elementary School was established in 1926 in the East Los Angeles community. The school serves grades 2-5 and is operated by the Los Angeles Unified School District, currently enrolling approximately 287 students with a 17:1 student-teacher ratio.
Victorville, CA
7th Street is the heart of historic Route 66 in Victorville, California. Established as the primary thoroughfare through town when Route 66 was authorized in 1926, the street preserves mid-20th-century automobile culture with period buildings, museums, and iconic Route 66 landmarks including the California Route 66 Museum and the New Corral motel.
Fontana, CA
A.B. Miller High School is a public secondary institution operated by the Fontana Unified School District in San Bernardino County. The school includes a theater facility used for student drama productions and cultural performances.
Santa Cruz, CA
Adolph's Restaurant operated as a Santa Cruz institution from 1939 onward, serving as a gathering place for judges, lawyers, and the local community. Located proximate to the Santa Cruz County Courthouse, the restaurant became a judicial landmark. The building itself dates to the 1800s and is steeped in the city's legal and commercial history.
Canoga Park, CA
Jack in the Box operates as a fast food franchise location at 7264 Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Canoga Park, California. It functions as a standard quick-service restaurant with no documented historical significance beyond normal commercial operations.
Alhambra, CA
Alhambra High School is a public secondary institution in Alhambra, California, serving the local community. The school includes a 400-meter cinder track used for athletics programming and competitive events.
Merced, CA
Applegate Skate Park is a public recreational skateboarding facility located in Merced, California. The concrete park serves the local skating community and casual park visitors with various ramps, obstacles, and skating surfaces.
Fresno, CA
Adorable Poodle Salon operated as a pet grooming business in Fresno, located on Blackstone Avenue between Gettysburg and Ashlan. The salon became one of Fresno's most distinctive businesses, gaining international paranormal recognition when featured on UK's Asylum list of the world's most unusual haunted locations.
Modesto, CA
Acacia Memorial Park was established in 1872 as the Masonic Cemetery by Stanislaus Lodge #206 Free and Accepted Masons. The cemetery expanded in the 1920s through land acquisition from the Odd Fellows Cemetery, and was officially incorporated in 1917. It remains an endowment-funded burial property.
Amargosa, CA
Built 1923-25 by the Pacific Coast Borax Company as a company town hub featuring a 23-room hotel and theater. The U-shaped Spanish Colonial Revival complex served miners and company officials during the borax mining era. Since 1967, it has operated as a cultural venue and hotel.
Riverside, CA
At the Villa occupied a historic building dating to circa 1890 at 3563 Main Street in Riverside, one block north of the Mission Inn. The building originally served as a bath house before being converted to an antiques store. The antiques business has since closed, though the building remains.
Baldwin Park, CA
Baldwin Park High School is a public secondary educational institution operated by the Baldwin Park Unified School District. The school includes basketball facilities and a stage used for theatrical performances and school events.
Port Hueneme, CA
Bard Mansion, also known as Berylwood, was constructed in 1912 by California Senator Thomas Bard as a family residence in Port Hueneme. The Spanish Colonial Revival structure remains a significant architectural landmark, now located within Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme. The mansion serves as the historical centerpiece of Port Hueneme's cultural heritage.
Keeler, CA
The Belshaw House was constructed in 1868 by Mortimer Belshaw, one of California's most prominent silver barons. Located within the Cerro Gordo ghost town, the structure represents the apex of 19th-century mining prosperity. Belshaw pioneered silver transportation from the mines, operating the Yellow Road toll road that connected mining operations to Los Angeles.
Tracy, CA
Bethany Reservoir is a public recreation area operated by California State Parks near Tracy in San Joaquin County. The reservoir provides water recreation facilities including fishing, boating, and hiking opportunities for the public.
Summerland, CA
The Big Yellow House was constructed in the late 1800s by H.L. Williams, founder of Summerland. Originally built as a private residence, the structure was converted to an upscale restaurant by John and June Young in the early 1970s. The building remains a visible landmark from Highway 101, though the restaurant has closed.
Benicia, CA
The building at 140 W J Street in downtown Benicia was constructed in 1885 as a working mill. The structure was later converted to cultural and community use, becoming the Portuguese Cultural Center and home to the Benicia Theatre Group, established in 1964. The venue serves as both an active performing arts center and a documented paranormal hotspot.
Los Gatos, CA
Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad and Bill Mason Carousel are historic amusement park attractions in Los Gatos, California. The carousel and miniature railroad represent classic American amusement park heritage.
Los Angeles, CA
Birmingham High School is built on the site of a World War II military hospital that served injured and amputee servicemen. Named after General Birmingham, the facility treated wounded soldiers throughout the war. After WWII, the building was renovated and converted to educational use as a public high school.
Burney, CA
Black Ranch Road is an isolated mountain road in the Burney area of Shasta County, California, located in the forested Cascade foothills approximately 50 miles northeast of Redding. The road passes through rural terrain with historical significance to the region's settlement patterns and transportation routes.
Torrance, CA
Bishop Montgomery High is a private Catholic secondary school in Torrance, California. The school operates as a religious educational institution administered by the Catholic Church.
Silverado, CA
Black Star Canyon occupies remote terrain within the Santa Ana Mountains of eastern Orange County. Historical significance derives from archaeological evidence of Tongva-Gabrieliño occupation and the reported 1831 armed conflict between American fur trappers led by William Wolfskill and indigenous residents. The canyon was historically used as a seasonal gathering site for acorn harvesting.
Carmel Valley, CA
Blue Sky Lodge was established in 1952 as a family-owned inn in Carmel Valley, California. The lodge operated continuously for over seven decades as a small, independently-run hospitality business. The property has closed as of 2026, though it remains historically significant as a mid-century lodging establishment.
Irvine, CA
BlackStar Canyon is a remote mountain canyon located near Irvine in Orange County, California, within or adjacent to Irvine Ranch conservancy lands. The canyon occupies terrain historically used by indigenous populations and later inhabited sporadically during the settlement period of Southern California.
Montebello, CA
The site of Bluff Road and Washington Boulevard in Montebello marks the location of the Battle of Río San Gabriel (January 8, 1847), a key engagement during the Mexican-American War. Approximately 500 Mexican forces under General José María Flores were positioned on bluffs overlooking the San Gabriel River when American forces under Captain Robert F. Stockton and General Stephen W. Kearney attacked. The battle ended in a Mexican defeat and was strategically significant in the American military campaign for California.
Gilroy, CA
Gilroy Gardens opened to the public on June 15, 2001, founded by Michael and Claudia Bonfante following their sale of the Nob Hill Foods supermarket chain. The park was built over 25 years on property originally developed as Tree Haven, a commercial nursery. The name changed to Gilroy Gardens in February 2007.
Boulder Creek, CA
Brookdale Lodge opened in the early 1900s as a creek-side resort under James Harvey Logan, creator of the loganberry and Santa Cruz County judge. By the Prohibition era, the property hosted organized crime figures and operated as a speakeasy. The resort achieved peak popularity in the 1950s-60s, hosting Hollywood celebrities and international dignitaries before financial decline.
Fullerton, CA
Cal State Fullerton operates dormitory facilities for student housing.
, CA
Cabrillo High School operates a theater facility for student performances.
Seaside, CA
California State University, Monterey Bay is a public university in Seaside, California with reported paranormal activity on campus.
California, CA
A California State University campus with reported paranormal activity.
Calexico, CA
Calexico High School operates as a secondary educational institution in the border community of Calexico, California. The school lost a student—a cheerleader—in an automobile accident while returning from an away football game.
Yermo, CA
Calico was founded in 1881 as a silver mining boomtown in the Mojave Desert. The Silver King Mine became California's largest silver producer, generating 70% of the state's silver output during the mid-1880s. The town achieved peak prosperity before declining as silver prices collapsed.
Riverside, CA
California Baptist University occupies the site of former institutional buildings. The W.E. James Building was originally The New Homes of Woodcraft—a retirement and care home for elderly members of a fraternal organization, purchased by California Baptist University in 1954. Underground tunnel systems exist beneath the campus, historically used for storage.
Thousand Oaks, CA
Mount Clef Hall is a dormitory at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, built in 1961. Local legend claims the dorm was constructed on the site of a former hotel where a small child was murdered.
San Bernardino, CA
The California Theatre opened August 15, 1928, as a Fox West Coast vaudeville and movie palace designed by architect John Paxton Perrine in California Churrigueresque style. Home to the Mighty Wurlitzer organ, it screened classics like King Kong and The Wizard of Oz in the 1930s. Most notably, Will Rogers gave his final public performance here on June 28, 1935, just weeks before his fatal plane crash in Alaska.
San Bernardino, CA
The California Theatre opened August 15, 1928, as a Fox West Coast vaudeville and movie palace designed by architect John Paxton Perrine in California Churrigueresque style. Home to the Mighty Wurlitzer organ, it screened classics like King Kong and The Wizard of Oz in the 1930s. Most notably, Will Rogers gave his final public performance here on June 28, 1935, just weeks before his fatal plane crash in Alaska.
Yosemite National Park, CA
Camp 6, formerly known as Camp Tresidder, operated as employee housing for Yosemite National Park staff and concessionaire workers. Located south of Yosemite Village along the Merced River, it consisted of tent cabin structures housing approximately 80 employees. The camp was destroyed in the catastrophic 1997 Yosemite Valley flood and has since been converted to a day-use parking facility.
Fairfax, CA
Camp Bothin occupies land donated by philanthropist Henry Bothin that once hosted the Arequipa Sanatorium, a tuberculosis treatment facility opened by Dr. Philip King Brown in 1911 following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The sanatorium closed in 1956 as tuberculosis treatments advanced. In 1961, Girl Scouts of Northern California leased the property and established it as a youth camp, which continues today on 47 acres of Marin redwood forest.
Wheatland, CA
The area surrounding Camp Far West Lake holds significant Nisenan (Southern Maidu) historical importance. The Nisenan inhabited the region from the Sacramento Valley into the Sierra Nevada, spanning modern Placer, Nevada, Yuba, Sacramento, and El Dorado counties before European contact. Camp Far West was established as a military post in 1849 to manage conflicts between indigenous populations and gold-rush settlers, though it ultimately could not prevent the decimation of the Nisenan people.