Los Angeles, California
The Last Bookstore
This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
Biddy Mason Memorial Park
A beautiful memorial tells the story of a formerly enslaved woman whose kindness shaped a burgeoning city.
Los Angeles, California
Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Ithaca, New York
The Sagan Planet Walk
Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.
Brooklyn, New York
Acme Smoked Fish
“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.
New York, New York
Please Don't Tell
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
New York, New York
Shopsin's
Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.
Brooklyn, New York
Sunny's Bar
Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.
New York, New York
Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
Brooklyn, New York
Green-Wood Cemetery
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
New York, New York
New York Marble Cemetery
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
Bronx, New York
Woodlawn Cemetery
The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.
Brooklyn, New York
Friends Quaker Cemetery
19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Havana, Cuba
Old Havana Perfume Museum
This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.
Havana, Cuba
John Lennon Statue
His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."
Havana, Cuba
Colón Cemetery
In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.
Havana, Cuba
Fusterlandia
A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.
Havana, Cuba
Bacardi Building
After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.
Havana, Cuba
La Plaza de la Revolución
A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.
Portland, Oregon
Paul Bunyan Statue
This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.
Los Angeles, California
Watts Towers
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
