Places Heather Marcello Wants to Go

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

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

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

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

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

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

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

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.