Places flaneux Wants to Go

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Three vintage horses survived a 1976 inferno and found a home on a sister carousel.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Because there's no place like home.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

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

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

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

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.