Places EDanryd Wants to Go

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

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

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

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

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

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

The last of its kind in the country.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

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

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.