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Russell Nelson

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Blue nankeen on exhibit.

Shanghai, China

Chinese Printed Blue Nankeen Exhibition Hall

A small gallery and shop dedicated to an ancient style of hand-printed textile.

The Bund Sightseeing Tunnel

Shanghai, China

Bund Sightseeing Tunnel

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

Peace Hotel Jazz Bar

Shanghai, China

Peace Hotel Jazz Bar

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

European architechture mixes with traditional Chinese iconography throughout the area.

Shanghai, China

Shanghai French Concession

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

Yehliu Geopark

Yehliu, Taiwan

Yehliu Geopark

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

Jadeite Cabbage With Insects

Taipei, Taiwan

Jadeite Cabbage With Insects

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

Memorial Hall with Taipei 101 in the background.

Taipei, Taiwan

Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Tuned Mass Damper of Taipei 101

Taipei, Taiwan

Tuned Mass Damper of Taipei 101

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

It’s a Small World Clock

Guangwu Village, Taiwan

It’s a Small World Clock

The last of Tokyo Disneyland’s whimsical mechanical clocks can be found in Taipei

Taipei Zebra

Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei Zebra

This crosswalk hosts one of Taipei’s most beloved public artworks.

Inside the bus

Taipei, Taiwan

Jimmy's Moon Bus

Step into this whimsical art installation based on a popular picture book.

Taiwan has a long, proud history of puppet-making.

Taipei, Taiwan

Puppetry Art Center of Taipei

A museum of puppets and puppetry covering all Asian styles.

The Grand Hotel

Taipei, Taiwan

Grand Hotel Tunnel

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.

Building

Woodside, California

The Mountain House

Nestled among towering redwoods on Skyline Boulevard, the Mountain House combines over a century of California history with a warm, rustic atmosphere that makes every meal feel like a getaway.

The Wingnut Museum

Berkeley, California

The Wingnut Museum

A museum dedicated to celebrating the humble wingnut.

Easton’s Crayola Crayons and Markers Statues

Easton, Pennsylvania

Easton’s Crayola Crayons and Markers Statues

The birthplace of the beloved colorful crayons right in downtown Easton

Outside of the Curiosity Shop

Berkeley, California

Curiosity Shop

A turqoise shack off the side of the road housing "100,000 things you don't need," as their sign out front says; it's filled to the brim with an expansive collection of costume jewelry, activist pins, old postcards, expensive collector's paintings, and so, so much more.

Cakes

Oakland, California

It's All Good Bakery

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

IBM Building 025

San Jose, California

IBM Building 025

A lonely monument to the original Silicon Valley tech campus.

The Center of Santa Clara Valley

San Jose, California

The Center of Santa Clara Valley

A mysterious monument covered in a binary code marks the heart of tech.

Gilroy Garlic Festival posters and paper boasting of the braid's 216 feet length.

Gilroy, California

World's Longest Garlic Braid

At 216 feet in length, this ornamental allium string is a feat to behold.

The "Basket" Tree was woven together from six separate sycamore trees.

Gilroy, California

Gilroy Gardens

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The barge seen during sunset.

Castroville, California

Sauce Bros Barge

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

A rare Franciscan manzanita, similar to the one that led to Rowntree’s nighttime raid to save one of the endangered plants. She admitted that she’d "garnered it ghoulishly in a gunnysack.”

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Lester Rowntree Native Plant Garden

Named for a self-taught botanist who cataloged hundreds of native plants, this garden continues her work of preserving California plant life.

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