Places Nerdabella Wants to Go

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

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

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

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

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

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

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

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The last of its kind in the country.

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

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

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

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

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.