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Lindo Lake

LAKESIDE
0 Reviews

Ilan-Lael Foundation

SANTA YSABEL
0 Reviews

Chollas Lake Park

OAK PARK
0 Reviews

St. Malo Beach Community

OCEANSIDE
1 Review

Neighborhood Walk: Point Loma

POINT LOMA
0 Reviews
banner ranch julian

Banner Ranch

JULIAN
0 Reviews

Fenton Pond

CHULA VISTA
0 Reviews

Crow and Lilac

JULIAN
0 Reviews

Rebru Spirits

BARRIO LOGAN
0 Reviews

Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden

BALBOA PARK
0 Reviews

Balensi Spa

CHULA VISTA
0 Reviews

Spot 20

MEMBERS
0 Reviews
Wright's Field

Wright’s Field

ALPINE
0 Reviews

Downtown Julian

JULIAN
0 Reviews

Harrison Serenity Ranch

PALOMAR MOUNTAIN
0 Reviews

Eagle Nest Historic Adobe

SAN MARCOS
0 Reviews

Neighborhood Walk: Coronado

CORONADO
0 Reviews
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Belmont Park

MISSION BEACH
0 Reviews
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Zoro Garden

BALBOA PARK
0 Reviews

Horton Grand Hotel

DOWNTOWN
0 Reviews

Mingei International Museum

BALBOA PARK
0 Reviews

Emerald Village Intentional Community

BONSALL
0 Reviews
Kosay Kumeyaay Market (2)

Kosay Kumeyaay Market

OLD TOWN
1 Review
leslie perlis house

Leslie Perlis House

SUNSET CLIFFS
1 Review
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Santa Margarita River Trail

FALLBROOK
6 Reviews
Visit Balboa Park's historic international homes and get a taste of cultures from around the world! The House of Pacific Relations International Cottages.

House of Pacific Relations International Cottages

BALBOA PARK
0 Reviews

Barona Cultural Center & Museum

LAKESIDE
0 Reviews
abandoned mobile home (27)
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Spot 18

MEMBERS
1 Review
neighborhood walk del dios (5)

Neighborhood Walk: Del Dios

ESCONDIDO
0 Reviews

Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial

LA JOLLA
0 Reviews
lake henshaw

Lake Henshaw

SANTA YSABEL
1 Review

Cabrillo National Monument

POINT LOMA
4 Reviews

Whaley House

OLD TOWN
1 Review

Star of India

SEAPORT VILLAGE
1 Review
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Golden Hill Park

BALBOA PARK GOLDEN HILL
4 Reviews

Sunny Jim Cave

LA JOLLA
4 Reviews

Kumeyaay Lake & Campground

SANTEE
1 Review

Villa Montezuma

GOLDEN HILL
2 Reviews

Salt Mines

CHULA VISTA
5 Reviews
Get a glimpse into San Diego's fading history at the Warner-Carrillo Rancho House, once used as a stagecoach stop for the Butterfield Stage Line.

Warner-Carrillo Ranch House

WARNER SPRINGS
1 Review
salk institute

Salk Institute

LA JOLLA
1 Review

Palm Canyon

BALBOA PARK
0 Reviews
Visit the San Diego Mission Basilica de Alcala, San Diego's oldest mission, founded in 1769

San Diego Mission Basilica de Alcalá

MISSION VALLEY
0 Reviews
Take the alternative drive to Palomar Mountain on the historical and beautiful Nate Harrison Grade. Learn all about the man that inspired the name.

Nate Harrison Grade

PALOMAR MOUNTAIN
7 Reviews

Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum

VISTA
3 Reviews
Mt Helix

Mount Helix Park

LA MESA
5 Reviews

Live Oak County Park

FALLBROOK
0 Reviews
balboa desert garden

Balboa Desert Garden

BALBOA PARK
1 Review
Visit the Old Mission Dam in Mission Trails Regional Park

Old Mission Dam

SANTEE
6 Reviews
Daley Ranch
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Daley Ranch

ESCONDIDO
1 Review
Visitor's Guide: Balboa Park

Japanese Friendship Garden

BALBOA PARK
1 Review
Hiking to Lake Calavera will offer you many surprises! Visit an ancient volcano, labyrinths and even a cave!
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Calavera Lake’s Cave, Volcano & Labyrinths

CARLSBAD
5 Reviews

Balboa’s Bridle Trail

BALBOA PARK
3 Reviews

Boulder Park

JACUMBA
1 Review
poway stage coach stop
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Poway Stage Coach Stop

POWAY
1 Review

Munchkin House

LA JOLLA
18 Reviews

Desert View Tower

JACUMBA
3 Reviews

Grape Day Park

ESCONDIDO
2 Reviews
Visit the Rancho Penasquitos Adobe, one of San Diego's oldest homes, now turned into a museum.

Rancho Penasquitos Adobe

RANCHO PENASQUITOS
2 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Presidio Park Historical Spots

MISSION HILLS
6 Reviews
Visit one of San Diego's oldest and most historic monuments, the Point Loma Lighthouse

Old Point Loma Lighthouse

POINT LOMA
1 Review

Hermitage Self-Realization Gardens

ENCINITAS
1 Review

Spruce Street Suspension Bridge

HILLCREST
1 Review
Visit the Stonewall Mine Ruins and old cabin in Cuyamaca for a slice of San Diego's mountain history!
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Stonewall Mine

CUYAMACA
2 Reviews

Seeley Stables

OLD TOWN
1 Review
Abandoned spots in San Diego

SS Monte Carlo

CORONADO
1 Review
Visit the Pacific Southwest Railway Museum in Campo with the opportunity to get to explore up-close old, retired train carts.

Pacific Southwest Railway Museum

CAMPO
1 Review
One of Palomar Mountain's day hikes takes you to a mysterious, stone structure called the Weir
Abandoned spots in San Diego

The Weir

PALOMAR MOUNTAIN
5 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Crestridge Ecological Reserve

EL CAJON
4 Reviews

Bernardo Winery

RANCHO BERNARDO
2 Reviews

Palomares House

FALLBROOK
1 Review

Marston House & Garden

BALBOA PARK
0 Reviews
Visitor's Guide: Balboa Park

Old Cactus Garden

BALBOA PARK
0 Reviews
The Berkeley Ferryboat is a steamboat that was built in 1898 and operated for 60 years on the San Francisco Bay. It is now part of the Maritime Museum.

Berkeley Ferryboat

SEAPORT VILLAGE
1 Review
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Eagle Mine & High Peak Mine

JULIAN
1 Review
Visit the Inaja memorial park dedicated to 11 firefighters who lost their lives fighting a fire here in the 1950's

Inaja Memorial Park

SANTA YSABEL
0 Reviews

Friendship Park

IMPERIAL BEACH
0 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Historic Flume Trail

LAKESIDE
1 Review

Valley Center’s Yellow Brick Rd.

VALLEY CENTER
9 Reviews
elfin forest
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Elfin Forest

ESCONDIDO
4 Reviews

Campo Stone Store Museum

CAMPO
0 Reviews

Guajome Lake

OCEANSIDE
0 Reviews

American Coffee House & Tea

OLD TOWN
0 Reviews

Albert Beach House

ESCONDIDO
0 Reviews

Oceanside’s Heritage Park

OCEANSIDE
0 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

High Desert Retreat

JACUMBA
0 Reviews

Motor Transport Museum

CAMPO
0 Reviews
Harmony Grove
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Harmony Grove

ESCONDIDO MEMBERS
20 Reviews
Visit the ruins of hermit Marshal South's home on Ghost Mountain in the Anza Borrego Desert
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Ghost Mountain & Marshal House

ANZA BORREGO DESERT
3 Reviews
Visit the world-famous Natural History Museum in Balboa Park!

Natural History Museum

BALBOA PARK
0 Reviews
Visit the San Diego Crime Victims Oak Garden which was started as a tribute to Cara Knott

Cara Knott Memorial Garden

SCRIPPS RANCH
13 Reviews

Gaslamp Museum

DOWNTOWN
0 Reviews
Bly Rock Quarry is one of San Diego's rock quarries used to construct a dam nearby

Lake Hodges

RANCHO BERNARDO
1 Review
Visit Pala's beautiful Native American cemetery. Here you can also view an historic chapel, garden and museum!

Mission San Antonio de Pala

PALA
0 Reviews
eichars grave

Eichar’s Grave

RANCHO PENASQUITOS
4 Reviews

Old Town’s Dia de los Muertos

OLD TOWN
1 Review

Presidio Park Hiking Trails

MISSION HILLS
3 Reviews

Hotel del Coronado

CORONADO
2 Reviews

Heritage Park Victorian Village

OLD TOWN
2 Reviews
el campo santo cemetery

El Campo Santo Cemetery

OLD TOWN
5 Reviews

La Casa de Machado y Stewart Museum

OLD TOWN
1 Review
Hike Upper Otay Lake in Chula Vista and explore one of San Diego's coolest graffiti dams and reservoirs

Upper Otay Reservoir & Dam

CHULA VISTA
3 Reviews

Pioneer Park

MISSION HILLS
11 Reviews
Questhaven Rd.

Questhaven Rd.

ESCONDIDO
10 Reviews

Volcan Mountain

JULIAN
3 Reviews
Hike Battle Mountain in Rancho Bernardo, which leads you to the cross on the hill off of highway 163

Battle Mountain

RANCHO BERNARDO
3 Reviews
Visit Leo Carrillo Ranch in Carlasbad. This is the Cisco Kid's family home and with dozens of free-range peacocks!

Leo Carrillo Ranch

CARLSBAD
2 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Harmony Grove Spiritualist Association

ESCONDIDO
6 Reviews
Visit Mt. Woodson castle in Ramona. This is one of San Diego's haunted castles!

Mt. Woodson Castle

RAMONA
8 Reviews

Torrey Pines State Reserve

TORREY PINES
1 Review
Hike around the historical Hendrix pond Scripps Ranch! This used to be connected to the Scripps Castle which has since been destroyed.

Hendrix Pond

SCRIPPS RANCH
1 Review

Unarius

EL CAJON
0 Reviews

Sikes Adobe Historic Farmstead

ESCONDIDO
0 Reviews
Follow us behind the infamous Questhaven gates in Escondido. It is said that this is one of the most haunted forests in San Diego

Questhaven Retreat

ESCONDIDO
0 Reviews

Mushroom House

LA JOLLA
8 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

La Punta de los Muertos

SEAPORT VILLAGE
3 Reviews
The Heritage Ranch in Encinitas is home to the San Dieguito Heritage Museum which helps preserve the history of Encinitas, Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar and the other surrounding neighborhoods. This place is rich with old artifacts and belongings from Natives and early pioneers who once lived in the area.

The Heritage Ranch

ENCINITAS
0 Reviews
Hike along the aqua-hued Lake Morena to the majestic dam and overlook. This is a great adventure and day trip!

Lake Morena & Dam

CAMPO
0 Reviews
There are more secrets than meets the eye on Mt Soledad in La Jolla. Learn all about the Troll Bridges and where to find them!

La Jolla’s Troll Bridges

LA JOLLA
2 Reviews
Visit a park in Chula Vista dedicated to aviation pilot Montgomery Waller

Montgomery Waller Park

CHULA VISTA
0 Reviews
Rancho Buena Vista Adobe is a preserved adobe house & event venue with tours that is allegedly haunted!

Rancho Buena Vista Adobe

VISTA
0 Reviews
Learn about some of the secret ties Coronado has with Wizard of Oz author L. Franks Baum

Coronado’s Wizard of Oz Secrets

CORONADO
3 Reviews
mission hills neighborhood walk (23)

Neighborhood Walk: Mission Hills

MISSION HILLS
0 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Magic Mountain Airbnb

JACUMBA
1 Review
vineyard hacienda

Vineyard Hacienda

RANCHO SAN DIEGO
0 Reviews

Cemetery 1

MEMBERS
0 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Los Jilgueros Preserve

FALLBROOK
0 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

SPOT 6

MEMBERS
3 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Lopez House

MEMBERS
5 Reviews

SPOT 13

MEMBERS
6 Reviews
goat canyon trestle
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Goat Canyon Trestle

17 Reviews
Explore one of San Diego's abandoned historic homesteads tucked away in an overgrown and forgotten field.
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Dickinson House

HILLCREST
4 Reviews
Explore one of the old wagon trails in Lake Hodges, owned by the Carroll brothers

SPOT 7

MEMBERS
0 Reviews
Black Mountain Mine is an abandoned arsenic mine used in the early 1900's. Now deemed unsafe for visit, the surrounding area is still cool to explore!
Abandoned spots in San Diego

MINE 2

MEMBERS
1 Review

CAVE 1

MEMBERS
5 Reviews
Tucked away off a busy road lays the foundation of an abandoned masonic lodge. Beautiful details embedded into the foundation make this a neat place to explore!
Abandoned spots in San Diego

SPOT 3

MEMBERS
1 Review
Abandoned spots in San Diego

SPOT 2

MEMBERS
3 Reviews
The White Lady Cave got its name after a tragic incident in the 1800’s involving a young lady who was swept out to sea.

CAVE 7

MEMBERS
0 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

MINE 3

MEMBERS
2 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Secret Pyramids of Scripps Ranch

MEMBERS
7 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

San Diego Flume

MEMBERS
1 Review

WATERFALL 2

CARLSBAD
11 Reviews
Rum Runners Cave is a historic smugglers cave on the coast of San Diego that was originally part of an elaborate park called Spalding Park
Abandoned spots in San Diego

CAVE 8

MEMBERS
15 Reviews
Rattlesnake Mountain is an historic canyon filled with wildflowers in the springtime, a dam overflowing with water after a good rain & an exlporatory mine!
Abandoned spots in San Diego

MINE 1

MEMBERS
6 Reviews
The legendary Popcorn and Gnome caves offer stunning views of the valley below and an adventure-packed day!

CAVE 5

RANCHO BERNARDO
7 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

MINE 4

MEMBERS
1 Review
The MacVane House was built in the late 1800's & was burned down by an arsonist who also happened to be a volunteer firefighter on the scene!
Abandoned spots in San Diego

SPOT 17

MEMBERS
10 Reviews
Lake Hodges Dam is a multiple-arch dam that sits on the San Dieguito River. This is an amazing adventure and place to hike around!

Lake Hodges Dam

ESCONDIDO
11 Reviews

Visit Warner Springs

WARNER SPRINGS
1 Review

Valley Center Historical Society

VALLEY CENTER
0 Reviews
Legends of a Big-foot type monster have swarmed Prctor Valley for over 50 years now! Come out to see if the stories are true!
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Proctor Valley

CHULA VISTA
18 Reviews
museum of man

Museum of Man

BALBOA PARK
0 Reviews
Marston Canyon is one of the extensive trails located within Balboa Park. There are many paths you can take, all filled with their own unique beauty.

Marston Canyon & Footbridge

BALBOA PARK
1 Review
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Golden Gem Mine

MEMBERS
8 Reviews
Stay at one of famous designer James Hubbell's homes in Alpine, named the Shire after its whimsical look!

The Shire

ALPINE
1 Review
Explore old, abandoned train carts known as the Carrizo Gorge Railyard in the Jacumba. This is an historic area great for photoshoots.
Abandoned spots in San Diego

SPOT 10

JACUMBA
1 Review
Visit Cuyamaca State Park. This is one of San Diego's mountain towns complete with a lake, cabin rentals and much more!

Cuyamaca State Park

CUYAMACA
2 Reviews

Grant Hotel

DOWNTOWN
2 Reviews
Visit the Alpine Historical Society and learn about our great history!

Alpine Historical Society

ALPINE
3 Reviews
Abandoned spots in San Diego

Abandoned Highway 80

MISC
2 Reviews
Standing alone on a hillside in the small town of Santa Ysabel, this 19th century church, museum and cemetery can present a haunted atmosphere.

Santa Ysabel Mission

SANTA YSABEL
1 Review
rancho guajome adobe

Rancho Guajome Adobe

VISTA
4 Reviews
Visit the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Old Town. This one of San Diego's oldest standing buildings, rumored to be haunted!

Cosmopolitan Hotel

OLD TOWN
1 Review
Hike Copper Creek Falls to an old mining district and waterfall on the outskirts of Encinitas
Abandoned spots in San Diego