Places spindig Wants to Go

Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Stroll the grounds built by murder, suicide, and dirty oil money at one of Hollywood's most filmed mansions.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

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

Because there's no place like home.