Los Angeles, California
The Music Box Steps
The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Camarillo, California
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology
Over one million bird-related artifacts await.
Bronx, New York
Holiday Train Show at New York Botanical Garden
Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.
Escalante, Utah
Hell's Backbone Scenic Road
Despite its name, this route in southern Utah offers a heavenly day trip.
Santa Monica, California
Route 66 End of the Trail Sign
A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.
Cheverny, France
Château de Cheverny
The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.
Gardner, Massachusetts
Bicentennial Chair
In a town that's had a whole lot of giant chairs this one still stands tall, just not the tallest.
San Diego, California
Zoro Garden
Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.
San Diego, California
1895 Looff Carousel
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.
Los Angeles, California
Venice Beach Freakshow
The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Ballerina Clown
A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.
Los Angeles, California
Binoculars Building
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Marina del Rey, California
Venice Beach Oil Fields
The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.
Los Angeles, California
Peano's Faces of Venice Beach
The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.
Los Angeles, California
Muscle Beach
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Los Angeles, California
Declaration Sculpture
60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.
Los Angeles, California
Jim Morrison Mural
Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.
Los Angeles, California
El Bordello Alexandra Apartments
An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.
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Los Angeles, California
Danny's Deli
Authentic gondola hanging from the ceiling, notable mural in the back room.
Los Angeles, California
Traffic Circle Gondola
A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
Velveteria
The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.
San Diego, California
Harper's Topiary Garden
A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.
San Diego, California
Sunny Jim Cave Store
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Los Angeles, California
Valley Relics Museum
One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.
