Places ElisePoulain Wants to Go

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

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

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

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

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

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

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

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

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