San Francisco, California
Camera Obscura & Holograph Collection
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
Budapest, Hungary
This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Denver, Colorado
This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
Marblemount, Washington
This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.
San Francisco, California
Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.
Seattle, Washington
This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.
Seattle, Washington
42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.
Chicago, Illinois
The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.
Chicago, Illinois
A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.
Chicago, Illinois
This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."
Chicago, Illinois
A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.
Chicago, Illinois
Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.
Reno, Nevada
The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.
Lancaster, England
The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.
Zillah, Washington
Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.
Granger, Washington
In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Monterey, California
This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.