Places nickblossom Wants to Go

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

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

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

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

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

The world's first crowdfunded skyscraper has not gone quite to plan.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.

World's strongest whirlpool.