Places tonak77 Wants to Go

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

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

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

A miniature train theme park, free to the public, laying at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

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

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

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

Inside this clubhouse is a cinephile's paradise.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.