Yeres, Spain
Las Médulas
Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Dublin, Ireland
Statue of Oscar Wilde
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Dublin, Ireland
'Meeting Place'
This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Jaquet-Droz Automata
These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
Carrickfergus Radar Tower
An abandoned shipping control tower looks like a satellite perched at the end of a pier.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
King William III Statue
Commemorating the landing of William of Orange with his European army on their way to the Battle of the Boyne.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
Churchill Tank
A restored World War II Churchill Mark VII Tank now stands guard in Carrickfergus.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Belfast Peace Lines
These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Albert Memorial Clock
This massive monument has been telling the time for 150 years—at a slight angle.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
'Alec the Goose'
The statue honors a beloved bird that once roamed St. George's Market.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
St. George's Market
The last Victorian market in Belfast.
San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
Exploratorium
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
Santa Barbara, California
Franceschi Park
The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.
Porto, Portugal
Livraria Lello
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Los Angeles, California
Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.
Los Angeles, California
Box Canyon
The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.
Los Angeles, California
Space Shuttle Endeavour
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
Angels Flight
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Los Angeles, California
The Magic Castle
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.
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.
Los Angeles, California
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Sign
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Los Angeles, California
Bradbury Building
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
