Places cblackl2000 Wants to Go

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

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

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

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Because there's no place like home.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.