San Francisco, California
Corporate Goddess Sculptures
Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
San Francisco, California
Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.
San Francisco, California
Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.
San Francisco, California
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.
San Francisco, California
Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.
San Francisco, California
The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.
Los Angeles, California
Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.
Los Angeles, California
Opened as part of the New Deal, the training facility now features World War II-era structures and a pylon that once stood at the World Trade Center.
Los Angeles, California
The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.
Los Angeles, California
A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.
Los Angeles, California
This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.
Los Angeles, California
One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.
Los Angeles, California
A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.
Woolford, Maryland
The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.
Delmar, Maryland
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
Baltimore, Maryland
A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.
Baltimore, Maryland
Walk through the history of American pop culture.
Frederick, Maryland
According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.
Annapolis, Maryland
This memorial honors five journalists who were killed in a mass shooting in 2018, and affirms the importance of the first amendment.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Grasonville, Maryland
This statue of two men in a rowboat was erected to honor those who died while fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.
Annapolis, Maryland
A quick journey through the history of Annapolis.
Baltimore, Maryland
A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.
Easton, Maryland
The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.