Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

A tiny survivor of the Donner Party disaster.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

Pasadena’s Stonehenge.

A rare surviving example of a pre-WWII Japanese garden, restored after years of neglect.

The site of the house Jack Parsons made famous both in life and death.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

An airy would-be solution to a housing shortage.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

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.

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

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.