Sonoma, California
Location of the Microsoft Windows XP Default Wallpaper
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Berkeley, California
Handmade treasures from around the world.
Arlington, Virginia
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Los Angeles, California
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
Los Angeles, California
This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
New York, New York
A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Los Angeles, California
This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.
Boston, Massachusetts
This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.
Ashford, Washington
The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.
Chicago, Illinois
A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.
Washington, D.C.
One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.
New York, New York
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
Alameda, California
This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."