Seattle, Washington
Gas Works Park
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Seattle, Washington
Museum of Pop Culture
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
Seattle, Washington
Fremont Troll
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Washington, D.C.
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Philbrook Museum of Art
The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
The Silent Movie Theater
The last of its kind in the country.
Los Angeles, California
Table 31 at Tam O’Shanter
Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.
Los Angeles, California
Eagle Rock
The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.
Los Angeles, California
Chase Mosaic Movie Montages
This Chase branch is an homage to Old Hollywood.
Los Angeles, California
LAX Theme Building
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Los Angeles, California
Marciano Art Foundation
A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.
Los Angeles, California
Capitol Records Building Morse Code
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
Los Angeles, California
Angelus Temple
Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.
Los Angeles, California
Ballerina Clown
A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.
Los Angeles, California
The Bonaventure Hotel
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
Los Angeles, California
The Baked Potato Jazz Club
From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.
Los Angeles, California
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.
Los Angeles, California
Samuel Freeman House
This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.
Los Angeles, California
Soap Plant / Wacko
An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.
Los Angeles, California
Petersen Automotive Vault
Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.
Los Angeles, California
Townhouse Bar and Speakeasy
From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.
Los Angeles, California
Musso and Frank Grill
This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.
Los Angeles, California
Barnsdall Art Park
This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.
Los Angeles, California
Binoculars Building
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
