Places charles1011 Wants to Go

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

A giant stalk of celery honors the Japanese farmers who once cultivated the area.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

Statues pay tribute to the icons of "Killer Dana," one of California's most famous surfing towns.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This wooden statue commemorates a man who spent nearly 40 years waving hello to the people of Laguna Beach.

A striking geological formation in Southern California.

This 75-year-old Shakespearean sculpture is painted by a local artist for every season.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

These abandoned waterworks are crumbling into the Potomac River.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

Once a sewer culvert, this road tunnel now offers cyclists and pedestrians a subterranean stroll under the C&O Canal.

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

A rare example of a rural school in Washington, D.C.

The Conduit Road Schoolhouse is one of the last one-room schoolhouses remaining in Washington, D.C.

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

This tiny, one-acre cemetery serves as a reminder of when the Civil War got close to the nation’s capitol.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.