Seattle, Washington
Gas Works Park
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Taos, New Mexico
A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Los Angeles, California
The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Nehalem, Oregon
Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."
Bisbee, Arizona
Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.
Jerome, Arizona
Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Toledo, Washington
These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.
Astoria, Oregon
This graveyard is the eternal home of many brave pioneers who settled the Great Northwest.
Astoria, Oregon
A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.
Forks, Washington
This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.
La Push, Washington
Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.
Forks, Washington
A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.
Forks, Washington
A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Long Beach, California
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.