Places ktknoll Wants to Go

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

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

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

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

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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

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

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.