Places Tobster Wants to Go

This L.A. fixture has been serving hot dogs out of a giant hot dog since 1946.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

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

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.

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

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

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

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

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

World's oldest operating science fiction and fantasy club, once home to Ray Bradbury and L. Ron Hubbard.

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

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

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.

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

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

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

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

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

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

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.