Places Laflaneure Wants to Go

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

An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

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

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

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

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

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

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

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

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

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

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

In the Bahamas sits a lighthouse that is among the last of its kind.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

A mother’s sweet tradition lives on with this unique memorial.

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.