Lesterville, Missouri
Johnson's Shut-Ins
Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pillsbury A-Mill
This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hahn/Cock
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Times They Are A-Changin'
This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mill City Museum and site of "The Great Mill Disaster"
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Spoonbridge and Cherry
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.
Rockville, Maryland
The Fitzgeralds' Gravesite
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.
Singapore
Young Samsui Woman Mural
A mural honoring the women who built Singapore turned a quiet alley into a citywide debate.
Singapore
The Horse Shoe Block
One of Singapore’s few remaining building with a WWII air raid shelter.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Fongshan Old City
Taiwan's first stone fortress is also the best preserved Qing Dynasty-era city on the island.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Xiziwan Tunnel (Old Shoushan Cave)
A 100-year-old Japanese command center is now a unique underground university walkway with periodic exhibits.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Takao Railway Museum
A museum commemorates what was once the largest freight station in Taiwan.
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.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Pier2 Art Center
A thriving community of Taiwanese art.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Lotus Lake Taoist Complex
This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
The Dome of Light
The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.
Washington, D.C.
Peacock Room
This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.
Washington, D.C.
Titanic Memorial
This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."
Washington, D.C.
The Big Chair
A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.
Washington, D.C.
Cuban-American Friendship Urn
The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.
Washington, D.C.
Hinckley Hilton President's Walk
A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.
Washington, D.C.
Strom Party Animal
A public art jibe at one of the United States’ oldest and longest-serving senators.
Washington, D.C.
Rat Graves
Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.
