Places lokimann Wants to Go

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

Originally conceived as part of a proposed Arizona State Capitol building in the 1950s, this structure built in 2004 stands as a monument to the architect's legacy.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

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