Places haumart Wants to Go

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

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

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

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

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

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

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

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

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

Because there's no place like home.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.