Hamer, South Carolina
South of the Border
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Orlando, Florida
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
Seattle, Washington
Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.
Seattle, Washington
From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
York, Maine
True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
San Francisco, California
A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
San Francisco, California
A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
San Francisco, California
The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.
Fort Worth, Texas
The man who wasn't there.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.