Places kristidem Wants to Go

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

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

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

Dedicated to one of the world's first Black international, athletic superstars.

On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

This statue is a commemoration of the only place where Freud spoke in the United States.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.

Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.