Edinburgh, Scotland
Mons Meg
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Prague, Czechia
House of the Black Madonna
A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.
Prague, Czechia
Memorial to the Victims of Communism
Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.
Prague, Czechia
Municipal House
A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Cross Club
A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.
Prague, Czechia
Gulliver Airship
What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.
Prague, Czechia
Prague Hlavni Nadrazi Vestibule
A historic and beautiful Art Nouveau chamber in a historic railway station.
Prague, Czechia
The Thief's Arm at Kostel Sv. Jakuba Vetsiho
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Prague, Czechia
Podobenství s Lebkou (Parable With Skull)
An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.
Prague, Czechia
Iron Knight
The statue of a cursed knight is said to come to life every 100 years.
Prague, Czechia
Defenestration of Prague Window
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Prague, Czechia
Tesla Stained-Glass Window
A beautiful window with the old Tesla Radio company logo.
Los Angeles, California
Ballerina Clown
A three-story, three-dimensional hobo clown in a tutu welcomes CVS shoppers.
Los Angeles, California
Toto Canine Movie Star Memorial Marker
Because there's no place like home.
Los Angeles, California
Stay On Main Hotel
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
Los Angeles, California
The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Los Angeles, California
Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Los Angeles, California
Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Sign
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
Mel Blanc’s Grave
The man who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and more has a headstone reading, "That's all, folks!"
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Los Angeles, California
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.
Los Angeles, California
Pink's Hot Dogs
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
