Places Edited by Brendan Kergin

According to the local First Nations folklore, this rock was once a man.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.

A remains of a stone shelter are a reminder of "The Worst Journey in the World."

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.