Places karleyscottcollins Wants to Go

This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

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

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

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

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

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

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.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

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

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

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

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Beneath the surface, something slithers. And if you find it, prepare to be slimed and glowing.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.