Places adnoid Wants to Go

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Just a few graves remain in this neighborhood that was once a cemetery for foreigners.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

On the summer solstice each year, shadows align with a 14,000 square foot painting to reveal a secret message.

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.