Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Sign
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Benson, Arizona
What is the Thing?
Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
Rachel, Nevada
This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.
Penrose, Colorado
The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Independence, Missouri
This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.
Creve Coeur, Missouri
Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
Kansas City, Missouri
The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
Roswell, New Mexico
A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Alamo, Nevada
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Kansas City, Missouri
This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.
Kansas City, Missouri
An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.
Independence, Missouri
A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.
Sedalia, Missouri
This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.
Kansas City, Missouri
This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.