Places Nox Wants to Go

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.

A museum dedicated to the musical instruments used in traditional Moroccan music.

Malaysian fireflies create a dazzling display as thousands light up in unison.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

A 12th century church completely covered in shells.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.