Detroit, Michigan
Michigan Central Station
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Allen Park, Michigan
The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
George Town, Cayman Islands
The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Ocotillo, California
This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Toronto, Ontario
One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.
Seattle, Washington
A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Memphis, Tennessee
A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Flagstaff, Arizona
This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Phoenix, Arizona
A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.