Places hotcheetoqueen Wants to Go

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

Reaching this rock formation involves a hike through rocky rapids and springs where wild turtles reproduce.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

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

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

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

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

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.