Places SierraY Wants to Go

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

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

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

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

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

The last of its kind in the country.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

Haven for steampunks.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.