Places nicoleeellan Wants to Go

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

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

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

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

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

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Originally the home of chewing gum mogul William Wrigely Jr, it is now the official offices of the Tournament of Roses.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.

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

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

Suburban observatory was personal lab of the father of modern astrophysics.

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

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

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