Places Cynthia Wants to Go

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

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

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

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

What is the Thing?

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.