Prague, Czechia
The Penguins at Kampa Park
A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Prague, Czechia
Franz Kafka Museum
An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."
Prague, Czechia
Sex Machines Museum
The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.
Kamakura, Japan
The Great Buddha of Kamakura
A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Hanging Lake
Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.
San Jose, California
The Winchester Mystery House
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Alameda, California
Alameda Point Antique and Collectibles Fair
Antiques by the Bay.
Berkeley, California
Wat Mongkolratanaram
Every Sunday, this Thai temple in Berkeley serves a backyard brunch.
Oakland, California
Chapel of the Chimes
Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Columbarium
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.
Permanently Closed
San Francisco, California
Loved to Death
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
Sedlec Ossuary ‘Bone Church’
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
