Places SL Wants to Go

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

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

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

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

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

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

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.