Places norabahr5 Wants to Go

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

"In the Dark" Restaurant in Paris offers dinner in complete darkness.

The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

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

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

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.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

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

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

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

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

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.