Los Angeles, California
Traffic Circle Gondola
A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
Declaration Sculpture
60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.
Los Angeles, California
King George Hotel
Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.
Los Angeles, California
The LAPD Kōban
Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.
Pasadena, California
Rose Bowl
Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.
Pasadena, California
Pasadena City Hall
One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.
Pasadena, California
The Gamble House
A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.
Berkeley, California
Sather Tower
The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.
Oakland, California
16th Street Train Station
A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.
Brooklyn, New York
Greenpoint Terminal Market
Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.
Brooklyn, New York
Mechanics and Traders Bank
Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Lighthouse
A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
New York, New York
Strecker Memorial Laboratory
Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.
New York, New York
Queensboro Trolley Kiosk
A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.
New York, New York
The Marriage of Money and Real Estate
A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island AVAC System
On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Brooklyn, New York
'The Dinner Party'
This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.
Brooklyn, New York
Steinberg Sculpture Garden
A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.
New Haven, Connecticut
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Florence, Oregon
Exploding Whale Memorial Park
Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.
