San Francisco, California
Angler's Lodge and Casting Pools
Perfect your fly fishing technique on their practice ponds.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
San Francisco, California
Mile Rocks Light
A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Temple of Music
An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
California
Farallon Islands
Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.
San Francisco, California
Alvord Lake Bridge
An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.
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San Francisco, California
Loved to Death
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
San Francisco, California
Secret Tiled Staircase
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
San Jose, California
Quetzalcóatl Sculpture
It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.
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Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Crime and Punishment
America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.
Washington, D.C.
Man Controlling Trade
A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.
Washington, D.C.
D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
Rayburn House Office Building
One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."
Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
Washington, D.C.
NASA Full Scale Wind Tunnel Propeller
While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.
Washington, D.C.
State Department Protocol Gift Office
They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.
Washington, D.C.
Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
Washington, D.C.
Theodore Roosevelt Island
The national park was once a plantation estate.
Washington, D.C.
Carousel on the National Mall
Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Coliseum
A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.
Washington, D.C.
Willard Hotel
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
Washington, D.C.
National Cathedral Bell Tower
There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.
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Washington, D.C.
The Unabomber's Cabin
It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.
