Places Funny Wants to Go

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Because there's no place like home.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

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

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

On a barren hillside in the Yucca Valley, the recently restored Desert Christ Park has attracted pilgrims and kitsch hunters for over 50 years.

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