Malibu, California
California Coastal Records Project
View the California coastline (and the home of Barbara Streisand) inch by inch with stunning, government-sanctioned aerial photography.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Agoura Hills, California
Peter Strauss Ranch
A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.
Brooklyn, New York
Naval Cemetery Landscape
What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Hartford, Connecticut
The Mark Twain House & Museum
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Savannah, Georgia
Rousakis Plaza Echo Square
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Nashville, Tennessee
President James K. Polk's Tomb
The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.
Nashville, Tennessee
Concrete Parthenon
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Yosemite National Park, California
The Ahwahnee Hotel
The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.
Shandon, California
James Dean Memorial Junction
A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.
Pasadena, California
Gold Bug
Contemporary art inspired by natural history and science drawing on ancient techniques in a modern world.
Pasadena, California
Lucky Baldwin's
A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.
Pasadena, California
The Raymond Theater
From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.
Pasadena, California
St. Andrew's Church Murals
The artwork that Italians felt California didn't deserve.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
Devil's Gate
An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.
Los Angeles, California
Angelus Temple
Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.
Los Angeles, California
Griffith J. Griffith Statue
Although he donated over 3,000 acres to Los Angles, Griffith's life was marred by controversy.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Leif Sonne's Bottled Beer Collection
The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nasothek Nose Collection
A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The Little Mermaid
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Helsingør, Denmark
Kronborg Castle (Elsinore)
Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Stonehaven, Scotland
Dunnottar Castle
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Rome, Italy
Cappella di San Zenone (Chapel of Saint Zeno)
Its interior is adorned with some of the best examples of early Christian mosaics.
Rome, Italy
Arch of Gallienus
This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
