Lancaster, California
Civic Musical Road
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Brooklyn, New York
A cargo of beautiful music.
New York, New York
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
London, England
A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.
Boston, Massachusetts
Narrowest house in Boston.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Dublin, Ireland
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.