Places val Wants to Go

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

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

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

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

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

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.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.