Places tlphillipson Wants to Go

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

Because there's no place like home.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

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

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

A Mysterious Masonic tomb in San Luis Obispo.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

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

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Half of a house.