Los Angeles, California
‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Medora, North Dakota
Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.
Dassel, Minnesota
The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.
Savannah, Georgia
More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.
Savannah, Georgia
A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.
Savannah, Georgia
Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.
Savannah, Georgia
This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."
Culver City, California
A modern day curiosity cabinet.
Brooklyn, New York
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
Alameda, California
Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Art Deco Silver Screen.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.
San Francisco, California
This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.
Houston, Texas
There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...
Houston, Texas
Artist James Turrell's ode to dawn and dusk on the campus of Rice University.
Houston, Texas
A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.
Brooklyn, New York
Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
Colma, California
The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.
Colma, California
The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.