A Different L.A

I am not one for the everyday tourist attractions like the Hollywood star walk or Rodeo Drive. It just does not interest me at all. I will add a little disclaimer that I have in fact seen a bit of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but I was only walking from a car park to what was a great night at the 2012 Comedy Bang! Bang! Nativity Pageant to benefit the LA Regional Food Bank. That was probably the closest I will ever get to the walk. I personally like the arty (LACMA), outdoor (Griffith Park), alcoholic (cheap cocktails), and weird side of L.A. So this post is dedicated to some of the stranger things I have on my to-do list, since there is more than enough ‘strange’ in L.A.

1. Fry's Electronics 
An actual electronic's store with a space invaders theme. Each Fry's store has their own, but this has got to be the coolest and geekiest by far.

http://www.frys.com/

2. Museum of Death
A self-guided tour through all things deathly and macabre. This place has the world's largest collection of serial murderer artwork,the guillotined severed head of the Blue Beard of Paris (Henri Landru), a coffin collection, replicas of  execution devices, mortician and autopsy instruments and as many other deathly items that your stomach can handle.

http://www.museumofdeath.net/

3. Watt's Tower's
The Watts Towers, is a sculpture of seventeen towers by Simon Rodia. Constructed out of structural steel and covered with mortar, they are a representation of one man's vision and determination. Rodia worked single-handedly to build his towers without benefit of machine equipment. This a must see for that reason alone!

http://www.wattstowers.us/

4. Lucha VaVOOM
"A mish-mash of Mexican masked wrestling, fun and striptease." Well that's what the website is telling me. Seriously though the 'Luchadores' look amazing and they just got back from The Big Day Out so I am all in.

http://luchavavoom.com/

5. Necromancer
Maybe I have a fascination with the macabre, seeming as this is the second death orientated place that I really want to see while I am here. Necromancer however, is a shop which sells strange dolls heads, animal bones, old glass medicine bottles and  lot of other bits and pieces.

http://necromance.com/











Credits:
Photos taken by:
By Theron Trowbridge@ http://www.flickr.com/photos/therontrowbridge/
By Rusty Blazenhoff @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/blazenhoff/
By Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/evarinaldiphotography/
By Nick Sherman @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksherman/
By @andrewghayes @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/39214918@N03/