Sonoma, California
Location of the Microsoft Windows XP Default Wallpaper
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Places I've been
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Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Napa, California
Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.
Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Seattle, Washington
Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
Portland, Oregon
Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.
Singapore
This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."
Logan, Ohio
Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
Chester, England
Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.
Anchorage, Alaska
During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Old Station, California
Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.
Kupari, Croatia
The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.