Los Angeles, California
Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Los Angeles, California
Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine
This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.
Madison, Wisconsin
Dapper Cadaver
"Looks so real, it's scary!"
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
Pink's Hot Dogs
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Los Angeles, California
Los Feliz Murder Mansion
Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.
Los Angeles, California
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Museum
A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.
Los Angeles, California
Old Zoo Picnic Area
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Los Angeles, California
Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Los Angeles, California
Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Los Angeles, California
Bronson Cave
It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.
Los Angeles, California
Garden of Oz
Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.
Los Angeles, California
Ennis House
This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.
Los Angeles, California
Galco's Soda Pop Stop
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
Necromance
Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.
Los Angeles, California
Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Los Angeles, California
Sunken City
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
Underground Tunnels of Los Angeles
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Sign
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Berlin, Germany
Oberhafenkantine Berlin
A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
De Waag
Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Betondorp
This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
City Hall Urinal
A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
