Long Beach, California
Astronaut Islands
These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.
Places I've been
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Long Beach, California
These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.
Brighton, England
One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.
Brighton, England
Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.
Gotham, England
The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.
Needles, California
An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.
London, England
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
Nottingham, England
This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
London, England
A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.
London, England
You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.
Los Angeles, California
This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
San Luis Obispo, California
A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."
Chesterfield, England
The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.