Places haloone Wants to Go

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.