Places katemonkey Wants to Go

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

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

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.