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Los Angeles, California
Dennis Hopper Mural
A tribute to long time Venice Beach resident, artist and actor Dennis Hopper.
Places Ian Hall Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Los Angeles, California
Nike Missile Control Site LA-96
A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
Back Door Donuts
Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Formakin House
Stone monkeys adorn the buildings of this former estate.
Chicago, Illinois
Nike Missile Site C-44
A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.
Etten-Leur, Netherlands
The Van Gogh Church
Stained-glass windows inspired by Vincent van Gogh's paintings decorate this church in the town where the artist's career began.
Boyers, Pennsylvania
Office of Personnel Management Retirement Operations Center
The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.
Morgantown, West Virginia
Don Knotts Statue
The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Chanticleer Garden
A beloved horticultural oasis on the grounds of a wealthy family's former estate.
Union, West Virginia
Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory
This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.
Kilmacolm, Scotland
'The Lost XVII'
A missing Roman legion was recreated in sculpture along a Scottish cycling route.
Brooklyn, New York
Bushwick Inlet
Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.
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Brooklyn, New York
Boardwalk Empire Set
HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.
Brooklyn, New York
Bushwick Schoolhouse
An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Treasury Building Column Section
One of the Treasury Building's original columns now sits as a garden monument in the middle of a busy military base.
Hazlehurst, Mississippi
Robert Johnson House
A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.
Linlithgow, Scotland
Montgomery Scott Plaque
The fictional birthplace of the Chief Engineer aboard the Starship Enterprise.
Savannah, Georgia
Original Taco Bell Sign
This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.
Montreal, Québec
Montreal Signs Project
This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.
Glasgow, Scotland
'The Gorbals Boys'
A sculpture that commemorates an iconic photo of urban Scotland's past.
Glasgow, Scotland
Doulton Fountain
The largest terracotta fountain in the world, built to commemorate Britain’s Victorian achievements.
Brooklyn, New York
The Leaning Brownstone
This unusual apartment building may be Brooklyn's own version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Brooklyn, New York
Bay Ridge Gingerbread House
On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.
Duffus, Scotland
Sculptor's Cave
A beachside cave filled with Bronze Age metalwork, pottery, and human remains.
