Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

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

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

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

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

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

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

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

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.