Places toothbat Wants to Go

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

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

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

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

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.