Los Angeles, California
Venice Beach Poet's Monument
The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.
Santa Monica, California
A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Marsa Alam, Egypt
A vast floating ceiling ripples above the terminal like the waves of the Red Sea meeting the surrounding desert.
Shanghai, China
The birthplace of modern China.
Shanghai, China
The home where the first Premier of the People's Republic of China worked and lived.
Shanghai, China
A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.
Shanghai, China
A temple complex has existed on this site since the third century.
Shanghai, China
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
Shanghai, China
This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.
Shanghai, China
A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.
Aso, Japan
The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.
Kumamoto, Japan
The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.
Beppu, Japan
Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.
Sasebo, Japan
Historical Japanese-Dutch relations are honored with haunted rides and flower fields in this replica town.
Nagasaki, Japan
The oldest western-style houses in Japan are centered around the industrialist Thomas Glover.
Kyoto, Japan
Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.
Kyoto, Japan
This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Kyoto, Japan
The peace and seclusion of Kyoto’s “Moss Temple” is no accident.
Tokyo, Japan
This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.
Tokyo, Japan
A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.
Miura, Japan
Once an erosional cave, this scenic arch was lifted up above the sea's surface by an earthquake.
Kamakura, Japan
The ruins of the oldest artificial island in Japan, still used for mooring today at 800 years old.