Places a Wild Erik Wants to Go

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

NASA's leading space science lab started by a co-founder with deep ties to the occult.

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

The American Home, Re-imagined.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.