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Alex SF

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I love to travel and seek out odd, quirky, off-the-beaten-path type of attractions.

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Old Faithful Geyser

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Old Faithful Geyser

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Morning Glory pool at Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Morning Glory Pool

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Devils Tower

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Devils Tower

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Sioux Falls Park

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Falls Park

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

Rapid City Presidents

Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City Presidents

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

Pathway to the statue

Chamberlain, South Dakota

Dignity of Earth and Sky

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

The Corn Palace

Mitchell, South Dakota

The Corn Palace

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

(9/21/2018)

Rapid City, South Dakota

Chapel In The Hills

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

Hotel Alex Johnson.

Rapid City, South Dakota

Hotel Alex Johnson

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Wall Drug

Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Crazy Horse Memorial

Custer, South Dakota

Crazy Horse Memorial

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Minnehaha Falls

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minnehaha Falls

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

Hahn/Cock at the Walker Art Center.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hahn/Cock

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

Mary Tyler Moore in downtown Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mary Tyler Moore Statue

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

The Stone Arch Bridge

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Stone Arch Bridge

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

Rib options

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Herbivorous Butcher

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Spoonbridge and Cherry

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Benkyodo
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

Benkyodo

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

(Flickr/Uptown Almanac)
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

The First Sea-Punk Mural

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship at Burning Man
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

Raygun Gothic Rocket Ship

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

View from the street
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

Defenestration

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Labyrinth at Land’s End
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

Labyrinth at Land’s End

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

San Francisco Chronicle, 901 Mission Street

San Francisco, California

San Francisco Chronicle Building

A historic office and commercial building located in the heart of downtown San Francisco.

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