Places venicedoll Wants to Go

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

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

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

On a quiet suburban street stands a peculiarly decorated house covered in mosaics.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

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

The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

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

Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.