London, England
The Embassy of the Republic of Texas
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
Places I've been
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London, England
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
Independence Township, New Jersey
This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Paris, France
A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.
Paris, France
Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
La Paz, Bolivia
A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania
A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Houston, Texas
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
Marfa, Texas
Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Ingram, Texas
A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Austin, Texas
A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.