Los Angeles, California
Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Places I've been
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Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Mexico City, Mexico
CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.
Santa María del Tule, Mexico
The stoutest tree in the world.
Mexico City, Mexico
A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.
Valladolid, Mexico
If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.
Mexico City, Mexico
The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.
Palenque, Mexico
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Mexico City, Mexico
A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.
Mexico City, Mexico
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Cusco, Peru
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
Cusco, Peru
A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.
Lima, Peru
This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
Lima, Peru
The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.
Pisco, Peru
The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.
Cusco, Peru
Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.
Urubamba, Peru
These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Ica, Peru
An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.