Places henkaku Wants to Go

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

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.

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

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

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

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

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

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

This medieval Italian village was transformed into an architectural marvel by the famous "Papessa" Donna Olimpia.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

The building's fluid, wavelike walls are a true feat of architectural ingenuity.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.