Yucca Mesa, California
Rhythms of Life
An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Yucca Mesa, California
An artist's vision for connectivity spans seven continents and 16 countries.
Palm Springs, California
Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.
Palm Springs, California
This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.
Thousand Palms, California
Hike amid the palm trees that thrive among Southern California's Indio Hills.
Twentynine Palms, California
In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.
Twentynine Palms, California
In California, colorful roadside signs remind us all that love transcends borders.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Calipatria, California
Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.
Niland, California
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
Kapa'a, Hawaii
This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.
Honolulu, Hawaii
A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.
Honolulu, Hawaii
A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.
Honolulu, Hawaii
On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Izamal, Mexico
Its sunny hues are believed to have inspired the town's color palette.
Mérida, Mexico
Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.
Puerto Escondido, Mexico
This often-overlooked ocean walkway was once considered an impossible fantasy.