Yarmouth, Massachusetts
The Edward Gorey House
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Moab, Utah
The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.
Providence, Rhode Island
This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.
St. Louis, Missouri
Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.
University City, Missouri
A commemoration of over 150 of St. Louis's favorite sons and daughters.
West Alton, Missouri
Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.
St. Louis, Missouri
This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.
St. Louis, Missouri
One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.
St. Louis, Missouri
The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.
St. Louis, Missouri
One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.
St. Louis, Missouri
A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.
Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Port Angeles, Washington
Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.
Seattle, Washington
This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.
Forks, Washington
This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Houston, Texas
One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.
Houston, Texas
A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.
Birmingham, Alabama
This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.