Chino Hills, California
Egyptian Building
A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
The Bonaventure Hotel
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
Athens, Georgia
The Tree That Owns Itself
A white oak with property rights.
Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
San Francisco, California
Doggie Diner Head
This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.
Elberton, Georgia
Elberton Granite Museum
Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.
Sloan, Nevada
Seven Magic Mountains
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Baker, California
World's Largest Thermometer
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Baker, California
Alien Fresh Jerky
Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.
Milpitas, California
Great Mall of Milpitas
This giant shopping mall still holds signs of its automotive past.
San Diego, California
Whaley House
San Diego's most historic and haunted home.
Cabazon, California
Cabazon Dinosaurs
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Amarillo, Texas
'Ozymandias on the Plains'
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Los Angeles, California
LAX Theme Building
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Riverside, California
The Ark of Citrus
The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.
Cerritos, California
Cerritos Sculpture Garden
A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.
Los Angeles, California
Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Gaffney, South Carolina
Gaffney Peachoid
The record holder for the world’s largest peach.
Savannah, Georgia
Grave of Corinne Elliot Lawton
This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.
Savannah, Georgia
Rousakis Plaza Echo Square
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Savannah, Georgia
Colonial Park Cemetery
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Amarillo, Texas
Helium Time Columns Monument
A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.
Amarillo, Texas
Cadillac Ranch
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
