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Oxford, England
The Eagle and Child
J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Silver Spring, Maryland
National Museum of Health and Medicine
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Chicago, Illinois
Myopic Books
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Chicago, Illinois
Flat Iron Building
Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
Stockholm, Sweden
Olof Palme Memorial Plaque
A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.
Gothenburg, Sweden
World of Volvo
The place to be if you love vintage Swedish cars.
Charleston, West Virginia
Mortar Man
This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Madrid, Spain
Kilometre Zero
A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Truth or Consequences
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
London, England
Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Labyrinth at Audubon Park
The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Brooklyn, New York
Sunshine Laundromat
One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Tivoli Gardens
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Freetown Christiania
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
New York, New York
New York Marble Cemetery
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
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Scarbro, West Virginia
Whipple Company Store
Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.
Brooklyn, New York
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station
Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
New York, New York
The General Worth Monument
This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.
Seattle, Washington
Fremont Troll
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Seattle, Washington
Fremont Bridge
From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.
San Francisco, California
Exploratorium
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
