Places jilliangbradshaw5 Wants to Go

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

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

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

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

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This handsome house on a hill was home to one of the 18th century's most famous American architects

This reconstructed Revolutionary War-era residence marks the first major battle after the Declaration of Independence

From church to drug den nightclub to gym, few New York buildings have had as many diverse uses as this one