Places kittenkeighley Wants to Go

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

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

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

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

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

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

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

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

A newspaper building that made radio history.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

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

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

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

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

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