Mammoth Lakes, California
Devils Postpile National Monument
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Corbett, Oregon
Multnomah Falls
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Fort Bragg, California
Glass Beach
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Sedona, Arizona
Chapel of the Holy Cross
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Los Angeles, California
Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Lee Vining, California
Mono Lake
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Kyoto, Japan
Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Kyoto, Japan
Sanjūsangen-dō
1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.
Borrego Springs, California
Galleta Meadows Estate
Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.
Los Angeles, California
Rustic Canyon's Murphy Ranch
World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
Caine's Arcade
A 9 year-old boy’s elaborate cardboard arcade in his father’s used auto parts store.
Carson, California
International Printing Museum
One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.
