Places cconway7 Wants to Go

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.

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

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

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

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

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

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

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

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.