Bremen, Germany
Spuckstein Gesche Gottfried
A spitting ode to a German serial killer.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Los Angeles, California
Marciano Art Foundation
A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.
Los Angeles, California
Neutra VDL Studio and Residences
This house turned museum chronicles the life and work of Richard Neutra.
Los Angeles, California
'América Tropical'
One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.
Los Angeles, California
Lovell Health House
The first all glass and steel residence in the United States.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
The Happy Foot/Sad Foot Sign
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.
Calabasas, California
Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park
Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.
Los Angeles, California
Cilantro Mexican Grill
A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.
Los Angeles, California
The LAPD Kōban
Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
The Babylon Court
This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.
Los Angeles, California
Cardiff Tower
This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.
Los Angeles, California
River Under the First Bridge
An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.
Los Angeles, California
Nike Missile Control Site LA-96
A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.
Los Angeles, California
Capitol Records Building Morse Code
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
Los Angeles, California
Self-Realization Fellowship Meditation Gardens
This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Breakfast Club
Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.
Los Angeles, California
Ballerina Clown
A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.
Los Angeles, California
The Houdini Estate
A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.
Los Angeles, California
Tom House
Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.
Los Angeles, California
Brown Derby
Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.
Los Angeles, California
The Bonaventure Hotel
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
Los Angeles, California
Angelus Temple
Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.
Los Angeles, California
Triforium
A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.
Los Angeles, California
Samuel Freeman House
This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.
