Places SL Wants to Go

Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

Junkbots and mud babies are the masterpieces in this fantastically sci-fi art museum.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

Social saloon from a scrapped trans-Pacific 19th century steamer.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

A fairytale Gothic castle steeped in Nazi treasure conspiracy theories.

Abandoned substation turned village treasure.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Cows on a ranch are commonplace, scattered cow bones everywhere? Not so much.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This odd little museum holds exhibits on everything from blacksmith equipment to hair jewelry.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

This infamous prison has a store where you can buy goods crafted by incarcerated people.