Places krenejones Wants to Go

A stunning modern interpretation of a Roman temple.

A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

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

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

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

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A large sculptural artwork and garden in Escondido, California.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.

The 19th-century home of Count and Countess von Hallwyl is now a museum.