Places cyclingdork Wants to Go

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

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

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

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

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

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

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

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

A park where you can watch the highway zoom past.

This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."