Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

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

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

"Looks so real, it's scary!"

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

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

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

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

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.