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A lot of people drive by Hot Lake Springs all the time and don’t know about its long and supposedly haunted past. The property sits just off Highway 203 near La Grande, and despite a fire, changing ownership several times, abandonment for over 10 years and vandalism, the resort has since been restored and is now open to the public again. Native American tribes used the hot springs here for years, but it wasn’t officially established as a luxury resort until the 1860s. The retreat gained popularity fast and became a hot spot for families and travelers on the Oregon…

Los Angeles is such a hectic city, it’s hard to imagine there would be any towns even close that are totally deserted. But still, there are some areas within a day’s drive that were once thriving and now just sit quiet and long abandoned. These ghost towns may not have residents anymore but they’ve still got many old buildings and relics that are fascinating to explore. 1. Pioneertown Only two hours east of L.A., just outside of Joshua Tree National Park, Pioneertown isn’t like any ghost town: it was originally built in the 1940s and had been used as the…