Places norabahr5 Wants to Go

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

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

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

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

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

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

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

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