Places bekkahleigh Wants to Go

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.