Places Guilhathorn Wants to Go

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

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

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

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A modern frieze of ancient Grecian mythological figures playing a national pastime.

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.