Oakland, California
'Women of the Black Panther Party'
The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.
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Oakland, California
The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.
Salinas, California
Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.
Llano, California
The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.
Jenner, California
The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.
San Francisco, California
A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.
Stanford, California
A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
Los Angeles, California
Hidden above a drug store on a nondescript corner of Lincoln Heights is a private clubhouse for intrepid explorers.
Los Angeles, California
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Laguna Beach, California
This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The history and future of cannabis.
Ramallah, Palestine
The feminist fashion collective centering Palestinian craftsmanship and radical transparency.
Chisinau, Moldova
There is a mouldering Jewish cemetery hidden away in the capital of Moldova.
Moldova
This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.
Lviv, Ukraine
A fortress built to pacify local uprising that had a stint as a Nazi concentration camp before becoming a five-star hotel.
Pidhirtsi, Ukraine
One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.
Kamianets'-podil's'kyi, Ukraine
This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.
Odessa, Ukraine
A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.
Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
Brush shoulders with animatronic Arab leaders made of silicone.