Places j3taylor Wants to Go

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

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

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.