Places LeelaKit Wants to Go

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Political debates in a fabulous Pasadena castle.

Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.

Pasadena glamour turned government issue.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

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

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

Don't bother sending any mail to this ghost town.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

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

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

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

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."