Places j3taylor Wants to Go

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

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

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

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

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

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

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

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

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

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

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

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

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

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

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.