Lima, Peru
Huaca Pucllana
This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Puno, Peru
The Uros People of Lake Titicaca
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Nazca, Peru
Cahuachi
Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.
Urubamba, Peru
Moray
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Ica, Peru
Huacachina
An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
Nazca, Peru
Chauchilla Cemetery
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Ollantaytambo Ruins
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Maras, Peru
Salt Pans of Maras
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Nazca, Peru
Nazca Lines
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Los Angeles, California
Vista Theatre
The historic single-screen movie theater is one of only four cinemas in the world to screen films in VistaVison format.
Los Angeles, California
Hieroglyph Murals at the Egyptian Theatre
The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.
Los Angeles, California
Marciano Art Foundation
A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.
Los Angeles, California
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.
Los Angeles, California
The Tonga Hut
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Stay On Main Hotel
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
Los Angeles, California
‘Urban Light’
Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
Tiki-Ti
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
Los Angeles, California
Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
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London, England
Davenports Magic Shop
The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.
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London, England
PsychoBarn
A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.
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London, England
World's Largest Potted Plant
The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.
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London, England
The Buried Remains of Little Compton Street
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
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London, England
The Hardy Tree
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
