Places Edited by Cindy Cesare

Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Mexican food and folk art.

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.