San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
San Luis Obispo, California
Madonna Inn
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Los Angeles, California
Phantasma Gloria
One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.
Los Angeles, California
‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Glendale, California
Museum of Neon Art
A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Los Angeles, California
Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Washington, D.C.
Suns Cinema
Small indie movie theater that shows documentaries and unique films and has a cocktail bar with great drinks.
Washington, D.C.
Joan of Arc Equestrian Statue
The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.
Washington, D.C.
Art Museum of the Americas
The most magical part of this Latin American and Caribbean art museum is a room covered in beautiful blue tiles from floor to ceiling.
Washington, D.C.
The Kreeger Museum
The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.
Washington, D.C.
Watergate Fountain
The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
Washington, D.C.
The K-9 of the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.
Washington, D.C.
Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Washington, D.C.
Carnegie Library of Washington, D.C.
D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.
Washington, D.C.
Maine Avenue Fish Market
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
Washington, D.C.
Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.
Washington, D.C.
Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
Washington, D.C.
Dumbarton Oaks
The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.
