Places Wendy Jones Wants to Go

A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.

A relief that wraps around the concourse of Los Angeles's World Trade Center marks one of the city's failed urban design plans.

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

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

A cult following celebrates the legend that belies this curious podiatrists' office sign which has worked its way into song, literature, animation, and the visual arts.

Celebrating the accomplishments of Black firefighters in Los Angeles.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

Pizza joint known for labor-inducing salad dressing.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

This peaceful garden is hidden on the grounds of a spiritual organization founded by a pioneer yogi.

The last orange grove of the San Fernando Valley is owned and protected by CSU Northridge.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.