Oakland, California
Lake Merritt's Bonsai Garden
Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Iceland
Grave of Bobby Fischer
The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Oudemanhuispoort
An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.
Los Angeles, California
Museum of Tolerance
A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.
Los Angeles, California
Venice of America Canals
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Tower Apartments
This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
Los Angeles, California
Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
New York, New York
Old City Hall Station
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Carpinteria, California
Carpinteria Harbor Seal Preserve
Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Tulane’s Mardi Gras Bead Tree
After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Musical Legends Park
A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.
New Orleans, Louisiana
House of Broel
An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Mardi Gras World
This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Napoleon House
A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2
This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Storyville
Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafayette Cemetery
This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
San Francisco, California
Hills Bros. Coffee Sculpture
A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.
Richmond, California
Richmond Shipyards
Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.
Alameda, California
Naval Air Station Alameda
A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.
