Places Norkey Wants to Go

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

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.

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

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

Oldest building in California still in use.

One sculptor's lifelong war game is the largest and longest running miniature campaign in history.

Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.