Places hunsicker Wants to Go

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.

This ship-shape Streamline Moderne building was once the headquarters of a nautically inclined radio preacher.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

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

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

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

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

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

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

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

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