Places yweiss1 Wants to Go

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

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

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

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

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

The house where Good Will Hunting was written is a surreal fairytale abode.

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

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

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

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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

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

This living labyrinth made entirely of thorns is filled with art.