Places Edited by donnatalarico

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The world's largest rotating world.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.