Places LAKobow Wants to Go

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

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

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

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

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”