San Francisco, California
Drawn Stone
Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
San Francisco, California
Three Gems
A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.
San Francisco, California
The Shipwrecks at Land's End
A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.
San Francisco, California
The Stern of the Brigantine Galilee
Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.
San Francisco, California
Peephole Cinema
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
San Francisco, California
1852 South Beach Shoreline
The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.
Portland, Oregon
The Zymoglyphic Museum
Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.
Portland, Oregon
Portland's Shanghai Tunnels
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
Seattle, Washington
Fort Lawton
This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.
Seattle, Washington
Neukom Vivarium
A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.
Seattle, Washington
James Turrell Skyspace
An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.
Seattle, Washington
Amazon Spheres
The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.
Seattle, Washington
The Red Hall at Seattle’s Central Library
A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.
Richmond, Virginia
Ruins of Belle Isle
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
New York, New York
New York City Police Museum
Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.
New York, New York
New York City Fire Museum
A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.
Brooklyn, New York
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.
New York, New York
Nathan Hale Hanging Site
A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Observatory Library
A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.
Bar Harbor, Maine
Jordan Pond Popovers
These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
Washington, D.C.
Tudor Place
A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Nervous System of 'Harriet Cole'
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Louisiana’s Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall
The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.
New York, New York
The Cross at Ground Zero
Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.
