Places tomwickland Wants to Go

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.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

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

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

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

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

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.