Places LeelaKit Wants to Go

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.

An abandoned 1930s gas station turned bustling neighborhood park.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

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

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Giant origami crease patterns engraved in Santa Monica intersections may even be visible from space.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

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

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

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

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.