Flagstaff, Arizona
Monument to the Flagstaff Flag Staff
A replica of the flagpole that gave a frontier town its name.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
LAX Theme Building
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Los Angeles, California
Space Shuttle Endeavour
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Helsinki, Finland
Pukkisaari
On a small island, a replica of a Finnish village from the Iron Age.
Joshua Tree, California
World Famous Crochet Museum
An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.
Los Angeles, California
Museum of Tolerance
A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
Cactus Store
The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.
Los Angeles, California
The Echo Park Time Travel Mart
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Palm Springs, California
Indian Canyons
Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.
Palm Springs, California
Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium
Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.
Los Angeles, California
Peano's Faces of Venice Beach
The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.
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.
Marina del Rey, California
Venice Beach Oil Fields
The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.
Los Angeles, California
Galápagos Tortoise Skeleton
This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.
Los Angeles, California
Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Permanently Closed
Los Angeles, California
The Babylon Court
This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.
Los Angeles, California
The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
Los Angeles, California
Janis Joplin’s Hotel Room
The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.
Los Angeles, California
Fine Arts Building Atrium
A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome
A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”
Santa Monica, California
International Chess Park
This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.
Los Angeles, California
El Bordello Alexandra Apartments
An increasingly eccentric apartment building, topped with winged beasties.
Los Angeles, California
Waldorf Hotel Apartments
Apartment building was once posh playground to the Hollywood elite.
