Places Wsdm Wants to Go

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

Founded by a high school teacher, this poetry magazine became a center for all things literary.

Perched high atop telephone poles is an uncanny outdoor art gallery that greets passersby on their commute.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

A forgotten tribute to a South American hero hidden in a cluster of traffic islands.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

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

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.