Places zacharymbest Wants to Go

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

Large but largely ignored, these 42 life-size Liberty Bell replicas were a peculiar, unexplained feature on the facade of a Macy's department store.

Behind legendary Meltdown Comics is a marker for an engineered musical roadway of the Tehachapi, the great road builders of Kcymaerxthaere.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

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

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

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

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.