Places marytreptow Wants to Go

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

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

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

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

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

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

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.

The oldest alley in San Francisco is paved with a reminder of the city's original shoreline.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.