Corbett, Oregon
Vista House at Crown Point
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Portland, Oregon
USS Blueback
The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.
Hull, England
White Phone Booths of Hull
The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.
London, England
Millennium Bridge Tiny Chewing Gum Art
The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.
London, England
London Transport Museum
Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.
London, England
Richmond Park
This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.
Chesterfield, England
Chesterfield's Crooked Spire
The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.
London, England
Battersea Power Station
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
London, England
Earl's Court Police Box
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
Chester, England
Chester Rows
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
North Macedonia
Little Pioneers Youth Camp
An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.
New York, New York
Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral
A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.
New York, New York
41 Cooper Square
This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.
New York, New York
Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
New York, New York
'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)
Become a prohibition rebel.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
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?
Queens, New York
Panorama of the City of New York
The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Queens, New York
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.
Brussels, Belgium
Jeanneke Pis
Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
Brussels, Belgium
Manneken Pis
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
Zinneke Pis
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
