Jekyll Island, Georgia
Jekyll Island Club
If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Whitney Portal, California
The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.
Mexico City, Mexico
At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.
St. Augustine, Florida
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
St. Augustine, Florida
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.
Tampa, Florida
Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.
Kissimmee, Florida
Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.
Celebration, Florida
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
Longwood, Florida
The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."
Key Biscayne, Florida
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Key Biscayne, Florida
A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.
Chicago, Illinois
A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.
Chicago, Illinois
A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.
Chicago, Illinois
This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Chicago, Illinois
Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Benson, Arizona
Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.
Niagara Falls, New York
Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.
Niagara Falls, New York
Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.
Palmyra, New York
A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.
Lyndonville, New York
A tree full of wishes and footwear.