Places Pax Hamburgana Wants to Go

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.