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cjohns36

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I write a regular travel blog on Substack, American Pilgrimages. The motels are always cheaper on the far side of town.
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The Wave Organ, San Francisco Bay

San Francisco, California

The Wave Organ

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Crown & Crumpet
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

Crown & Crumpet

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

Albion Castle from the front of the property

San Francisco, California

Albion Castle

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Lenin, Marx, and Engels watch over diners.
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

Walzwerk Restaurant

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

No names. Just numbers.

Stony Point, New York

Old Letchworth Village Cemetery

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

Coffee & Porcelain

London, England

The Attendant, Fitzrovia

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

The two mice eating cheese. Or are they fighting for it?

London, England

Philpot Lane Mice Sculpture

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

The pub's exterior is covered in hundreds of flowers.

London, England

The Churchill Arms

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

The tomb of Dion Fortune.

Glastonbury, England

Tomb of Dion Fortune

The final resting place of one of the most influential modern occultists.

Hadrian’s Gate

Antalya, Turkey

Hadrian’s Gate

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

The alleged tomb.

Glastonbury, England

'King Arthur's Tomb'

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

Glastonbury High Street. (dichohecho/Flickr)

Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

'Well Hung Lover.'

Bristol, England

'Well Hung Lover'

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The Evel Knievel Museum at Historic Harley Davidson.
Permanently Closed

Topeka, Kansas

Evel Knievel Museum

See the motorcycles that launched the stuntman to fame and the gear that saved his life.

5 Beekman Street

New York, New York

5 Beekman Street

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel

New York, New York

Second Cemetery of the Congregation Shearith Israel

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

Detail of a Chagall piece inside the church

Sleepy Hollow, New York

Chagall and Matisse Glass

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

War Dog memorial

Hartsdale, New York

Hartsdale Pet Cemetery

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

Kentucky Club

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Kentucky Club

When life gives you Prohibition, open a bar in Juárez.

World's Largest Fork

Springfield, Missouri

World's Largest Fork

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

Defiance Roadhouse

Defiance, Missouri

Defiance Roadhouse

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

Bathrooms!

St. Louis, Missouri

Venice Cafe

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

The Sinclair Dinosaur of the Brookfield Zoo

Brookfield, Illinois

Brookfield Zoo's Sinclair Dinosaur

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

The fern garden.

Chicago, Illinois

Garfield Park Conservatory

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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