Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Los Angeles, California
A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.
Los Angeles, California
A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.
Los Angeles, California
Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.
Los Angeles, California
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.
Los Angeles, California
One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Los Angeles, California
This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.
Los Angeles, California
An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.
Los Angeles, California
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
Los Angeles, California
Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
Los Angeles, California
The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.
Los Angeles, California
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.
Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
Los Angeles, California
Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
Los Angeles, California
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Los Angeles, California
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Los Angeles, California
Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.
