Pasadena, California
Pasadena City Hall
One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Pasadena, California
One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.
Pasadena, California
Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
These strange carved boulders in a forested canyon resemble tiny stone villages.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The railroad turning train travel into a cinematic, highly immersive experience has a fascinating connection to Game of Thrones.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Landers, California
Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.
Palm Springs, California
With beautiful views and every detail perfectly considered, one of the geniuses of modern architecture built himself the perfect home.
San Bernardino, California
These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.
Chino Hills, California
A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.
Claremont, California
This public Skyspace created by artist James Turrell for his alma mater puts on a show every day at sunrise and sunset.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Sun City, Arizona
The final resting place for an internet icon.
Mesa, Arizona
Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.
Avondale, Arizona
From this small hill near Phoenix, almost all of Arizona was surveyed and plotted out
Paradise Valley, Arizona
A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.
Scottsdale, Arizona
An out of this world experience.