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Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Milford Sound, New Zealand

Milford Sound

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Platform 9 3/4

London, England

Platform 9 3/4

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Headington Shark

Oxford, England

The Headington Shark

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Oak Beams, New College Oxford

Oxford, England

Oak Beams, New College Oxford

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

Nethercutt Collection and Museum

Los Angeles, California

Nethercutt Collection and Museum

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

Vasquez Rocks

Agua Dulce, California

Vasquez Rocks

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve

Lancaster, California

Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Bob Baker Marionette Theater, interior.

Los Angeles, California

Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Venice of America Canals

Los Angeles, California

Venice of America Canals

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

July 2022

Inglewood, California

Randy's Donuts

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Tio's Tacos

Riverside, California

Tio's Tacos

Mexican food and folk art.

SkyPark at Santa's Village

Near Lake Arrowhead, California

SkyPark at Santa's Village

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Cabazon's T-rex dressed up for Valentine's Day

Cabazon, California

Cabazon Dinosaurs

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Wall Drug

Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The World's Largest Thermometer

Baker, California

World's Largest Thermometer

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Palomar Observatory

Palomar Mountain, California

Palomar Observatory

A world-class observatory in the California desert.

Pretty nice for an infrastructure accident!

Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Yuma Territorial Prison

Yuma, Arizona

Yuma Territorial Prison

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

Hand of Faith Gold Nugget

Las Vegas, Nevada

Hand of Faith Gold Nugget

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

The gallery of maps, showing the ceiling

Vatican City

Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The bridge

Pasadena, California

Colorado Street Bridge

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

The Cool Haus Truck
Permanently Closed

Pasadena, California

Coolhaus Ice Cream

Making Ice Cream Hip Since 2008.

Can you hear it?

New York, New York

Times Square Hum

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

"The Star Factory

Pasadena, California

Pasadena Playhouse

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

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