Places justplainjen Wants to Go

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

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

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.

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

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."