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View of  the Lucky Frog

Madrid, Spain

Spain's Good Luck Frog

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

Front of the Healer Stones of Kapaemahu

Honolulu, Hawaii

The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu

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.

October 2016

Honolulu, Hawaii

The Queen Theater

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

Love me tender.

Honolulu, Hawaii

'Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii'

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

club hubba hubba sign lit up

Honolulu, Hawaii

Club Hubba Hubba Sign

The last standing piece of a famous Honolulu landmark.

Booth One: "The Rumble Seat."

Washington, D.C.

The Presidential Booths at Martin's Tavern

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

Old Stone House

Washington, D.C.

Old Stone House

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

You'll never unsee it now.

Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Marble Stripe

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

View of the Watergate Exxon in 2016

Washington, D.C.

Watergate Gas Station

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The GW Hippo

Washington, D.C.

George Washington University's River Horse

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

Baroque Room

Washington, D.C.

The Mansion on O Street

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Japanese Fishing Shrine, Umi Mamori Jizo

Honolulu, Hawaii

Japanese Fishing Shrine (Umi Mamori Jizo)

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

A tasting of various rums.

Honolulu County, Hawaii

Kō Hana Distillers

Taste rums made with heirloom sugarcane on the distillery's own estate.

Byodo-In Temple.

Kaneohe, Hawaii

Valley of the Temples Memorial Park

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

Dinosaur Valley State Park

Glen Rose, Texas

Dinosaur Valley State Park

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

December 2008

Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac Ranch

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Three concrete slabs with small, destroyed remains of headstones sit behind a V-shaped tree opening.

Taos, New Mexico

The Three Brujas

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

The actual tombstone of Billy the Kid

Fort Sumner, New Mexico

Grave of Billy the Kid

The final resting place of the most famous outlaw in the Old West.

Little Joe II rocket, the largest ever to be launched from New Mexico

Alamogordo, New Mexico

New Mexico Museum of Space History

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Pecos Pueblo

Pecos, New Mexico

Pecos National Historical Park

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

The obelisk is seen at the bottom left. A model bomb is seen at the bottom right.

New Mexico

Trinity Atomic Bomb Site

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Earthships

El Prado, New Mexico

Earthships

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

#9 C Switchboard from Tucumcari, circa 1958.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Telephone Pioneer Museum of New Mexico

An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.

Center of the Universe

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Center of the Universe

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

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