Places Pengwn Wants to Go

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

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

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.

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

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

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

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

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

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.

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

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.