San Francisco, California
Alcatraz Island
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Los Angeles, California
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
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
Los Angeles, California
Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Brooklyn, New York
On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.
Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Venice, Italy
The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."
Venice, Italy
Venice's island of the dead.
Venice, Italy
Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.
Santa Rosa, California
A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.
Santa Rosa, California
Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.
Santa Rosa, California
This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.
Winters, California
If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.
Winters, California
The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.
Nashville, Tennessee
This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.
London, England
The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.
London, England
This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.