San Juan, Puerto Rico
La Puerta de San Juan
This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.
Places I've been
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.
Cleveland, Ohio
A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."
Zoar, Ohio
Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.
Quebrada, Puerto Rico
An enchanting natural wonder in Puerto Rico's Camuy River Park.
Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.
Camuy, Puerto Rico
This memorial to a family's dead son has survived a century of hurricanes and earthquakes.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.
Syracuse, New York
This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.
Syracuse, New York
A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.
Cassadaga, New York
Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.
Linesville, Pennsylvania
"Where the ducks walk on fish."
Erie, Pennsylvania
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Mentor, Ohio
A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.
Pleasantville, Pennsylvania
The site of America's first commercial oil well essentially disappeared after the town went bust.
Bluff Point, New York
One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
Mexico City, Mexico
This museum houses two of Mexico's most impressive Aztec monoliths.
Tlalnepantla, Mexico
A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.
Ambergris Caye, Belize
This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.