Places Shylaann Wants to Go

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

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

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

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

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

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

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

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

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

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

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

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.