Places Lukeslytalker Wants to Go

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

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

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

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.