Places Skurkey Wants to Go

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The abandoned personal amusement park of the King of Pop.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

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

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

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

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

An enchanted arts space which assumes infinite identities.

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

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

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

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

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

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

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

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.