Los Angeles, California
The LAPD Kōban
Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
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Los Angeles, California
Dearly Departed Museum
A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.
Los Angeles, California
Room 8 the Cat Mural
Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.
Los Angeles, California
Venice Beach House
Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.
Los Angeles, California
St. Vincent Court
A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.
Los Angeles, California
Galco's Soda Pop Stop
Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.
Los Angeles, California
Museum of Tolerance
A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.
Los Angeles, California
Binoculars Building
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Los Angeles, California
Snow White Cottages
Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Shingleton, Michigan
Chapel Rock
This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.
Bodiam, England
Bodiam Castle
A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Magneto Mural
The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Original Puppets from 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'
The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Photo Antiquities Museum
Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Robot Hall of Fame
This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.
Washington, D.C.
D.C. War Memorial
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
The National Gallery's Art Materials Collection
The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.
Washington, D.C.
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument
Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.
Washington, D.C.
The Cuban Embassy's Hemingway Bar
When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.
Washington, D.C.
Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Calabasas, California
Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park
Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.
London, England
Museum of the Home
Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.
Nice, France
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral
An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.
