Places njoyce95 Wants to Go

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

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

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

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

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

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

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

This old-school café is famous for serving coffee, chilaquiles, and the Cuban Revolution.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.