Places Slayerofsarcasm Wants to Go

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

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

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

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

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

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

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

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

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Since its original beginnings as a weather observatory mountaintop, this facility played an instrumental role in gathering atmospheric data for almost 100 years.

A rescue facility that caters specifically to wolf-dog hybrids, and educates about these unique animals.

Every New Year's Day, locals don gaudy costumes and dive into the frigid Firth of Forth.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.

A 30-foot neon sign that embraces community togetherness.

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.