Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Buddha's Tooth Relic
At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.
Places I've been
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Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.
Santiago, Chile
A museum founded to reflect on and remember the human rights abuses under Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Santiago, Chile
A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.
Palm Beach, Florida
The oldest house of worship in Palm Beach has a wonderful tropical garden.
Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.
Alma, Arkansas
Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
In Oklahoma City's Bricktown, there's a street that don't use jelly.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The largest cattle market on earth holds live auctions open to the public every week.
Weatherford, Oklahoma
This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.
McLean, Texas
This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Three Rivers, New Mexico
More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
One of the world’s most powerful corporations was established on a random Albuquerque street corner.
Taos, New Mexico
Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.
Alcalde, New Mexico
This ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande is home to a little-known LGBTQ history of Mary Cabot Wheelwright, Marie Chabot, and two-spirit Navajo weaver Hastiin Klah.
New York, New York
In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.
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.
Ronks, Pennsylvania
This vintage short line in Amish country runs passenger steam train excursions and still hauls freight.
Tucson, Arizona
A living museum of curated gardens honors 4,000 years of agriculture in the Santa Cruz River basin.
Tucson, Arizona
This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.