San Francisco, California
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Pisco, Peru
Paracas Candelabra
The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.
Cusco, Peru
Sacsayhuamán
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Nazca, Peru
Nazca Lines
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Lima, Peru
Convento de San Francisco Ossuary
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Lima, Peru
Pachacamac
The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
Machu Picchu: The Lost City of The Inca
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Cusco, Peru
Qenqo Temple
Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.
Maras, Peru
Salt Pans of Maras
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Urubamba, Peru
Moray
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Ollantaytambo Ruins
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park Bison
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
San Francisco, California
Drawn Stone
Art in the form of a winding, man made crack in stone.
San Francisco, California
Exploratorium
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
The Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.
San Francisco, California
Paxton Gate
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
San Francisco, California
The Pirate Supply Store at 826 Valencia
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Greyfriars Bobby
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Amesbury, England
Stonehenge
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
London, England
Postman's Park: Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
