Syracuse, New York
Upside-Down Traffic Signal
A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Auburn, New York
Fort Hill Cemetery
The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.
Brea, California
Brea Redwood Grove
A non-native grove of 241 redwoods in Southern California.
Earlimart, California
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park
A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.
Fresno, California
Forestiere Underground Gardens
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Romulus, New York
Seneca White Deer
World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.
Chino Hills, California
Egyptian Building
A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.
San Francisco, California
Beat Museum
A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.
Brooklyn, New York
Wyckoff Street Mosaic
Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee Art Museum
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Brooklyn, New York
New York Transit Museum
Ride the subways of yesteryear.
Los Angeles, California
River Under the First Bridge
An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.
Tehachapi, California
Tehachapi Wind Farm
Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.
Tehachapi, California
Tehachapi Loop
Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.
Los Angeles, California
‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Los Angeles, California
Bob Hope Grave and Memorial Garden
The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.
Phoenix, Arizona
Tony DeMarco's Living Room
The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.
New York, New York
Sylvan Terrace
A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.
Oakland, California
Watermelon Rock
A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.
Oakland, California
Gnomes of Lake Merritt
This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.
Oakland, California
Bay Area Thelemic Temple
A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.
Chanhassen, Minnesota
Paisley Park
Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.
