Places everywhereemily Wants to Go

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

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

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

One of the richest places in the United States has a cursed street.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."