Los Angeles, California
The Tonga Hut
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Places I've been
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Los Angeles, California
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Austin, Texas
Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.
Seattle, Washington
This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.
Seattle, Washington
An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.
Seattle, Washington
A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.
Seattle, Washington
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.
Seattle, Washington
Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Felton, California
This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.
Sunol, California
The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.
San Jose, California
A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.
Ensenada, Mexico
A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.
Glendale, California
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Portland, Oregon
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.