Places alisonhballard Wants to Go

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.