Places Edited by kirstenalana

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Mexican food and folk art.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.