Places stoneyb Wants to Go

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

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

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

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

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A few iconic structures are all that remain of America’s first outdoor shopping mall.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Feast on Caribbean classics from curry goat to black cake.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."