Santa Fe, New Mexico
La Conquistadora, Our Lady of Conquering Love
A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This giant pocket watch is the third iteration of a local landmark that has been standing just off the Santa Fe Plaza for over 100 years.
Los Angeles, California
This grand memorial remembers the 20 members of the Los Angeles Times killed when the office was bombed.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Los Angeles, California
The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"
Los Angeles, California
A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.
Rosemead, California
This 38-year old fish became a casualty of changing trends.
Rosemead, California
Blink and you may miss this rustic pioneer cemetery.
Irwindale, California
Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.
Glendale, California
Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.
Pasadena, California
A stellar example of Art & Crafts architecture, and a movie set to boot.
Pasadena, California
A repository of Pasadena history.
Pasadena, California
A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.
Pasadena, California
Pasadena glamour turned government issue.
Pasadena, California
Mid-Century Modern Meets Millionaire’s Row.
Pasadena, California
Some of the most unusual (and in some cases, disgusting) flavors of soda imaginable.
South Pasadena, California
Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.
Pasadena, California
An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.
Pasadena, California
A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.
Pasadena, California
A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.
South Pasadena, California
Victoriana on Orange Grove Avenue.
South Pasadena, California
The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.