Places Nerdabella Wants to Go

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

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 unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

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

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

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

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

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.