Santa Monica, California
Dogtown Coffee
Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Santa Monica, California
Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.
Santa Monica, California
A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.
Berkeley, California
A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Jerome, Arizona
A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.
Jerome, Arizona
A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.
Austin, Texas
This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.
Tucson, Arizona
A living museum of curated gardens honors 4,000 years of agriculture in the Santa Cruz River basin.
Casa Grande, Arizona
Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)
Coolidge, Arizona
Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.
Cornville, Arizona
Outsider Art Community.
San Antonio, Texas
An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.
Deming, New Mexico
In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Fort Stockton, Texas
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.