Places firienfeld Wants to Go

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

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

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

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

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

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

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

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

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

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

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.