Places Wsdm Wants to Go

Iconic Los Angeles residence famous for its 19 statues of Michelangelo's David.

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.

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

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

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

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

Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.

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

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

A bright California graveyard with a decidedly dark side.

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

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

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

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

A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.

A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

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

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

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.