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Joel Swanson

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Places I've been

Places this traveler has marked as been there.

Mel's hands and feet

Los Angeles, California

Mel Brooks Handprint

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Toto Canine Movie Star Memorial Marker

Los Angeles, California

Toto Canine Movie Star Memorial Marker

Because there's no place like home.

A sweet lil feral cat.

Los Angeles, California

Feral Cat Colonies of Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Hollywood Forever

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Museum of Death

Los Angeles, California

The Museum of Death

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

The Capitol Records building.

Los Angeles, California

Capitol Records Building Morse Code

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

Tesla Coil

Los Angeles, California

Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Old Zoo Picnic Area

Los Angeles, California

Old Zoo Picnic Area

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Downtown Tinseltown

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Sign

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The Statue "Unconditional Surrender" in front of the USS Midway

San Diego, California

Unconditional Surrender

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

A viewof the "Looff Carousel," a carousel that was originally built in the late 1800's, and first put into service in 1895.

San Diego, California

1895 Looff Carousel

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge

San Diego, California

Harbor Drive Pedestrian Bridge

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

Lucha Libre Taco Shop

San Diego, California

Lucha Libre Taco Shop

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Bahnhof Berlin Zoologischer Garten

Berlin, Germany

Bahnhof Berlin Zoologischer Garten

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Dahlem-Dorf U-Bahn Station Benches

Berlin, Germany

Dahlem-Dorf U-Bahn Station Benches

A traditional U-Bahn station in Berlin gets a string of rather untraditional benches.

Mengenlehreuhr

Berlin, Germany

Mengenlehreuhr (Berlin Clock)

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

Tempelhof postcard, ca early 1960's

Berlin, Germany

Tempelhof Airport

Berlin's old airport.

Ramones Museum

Berlin, Germany

Ramones Museum

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

Berlin Wall

Berlin, Germany

Vestiges of the Berlin Wall

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The Return of the Cows
Permanently Closed

Berlin, Germany

The Return of the Cows

Art and a pun, all in one.

AquaDom
Permanently Closed

Berlin, Germany

AquaDom

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The child eater

Bern, Switzerland

The Child Eater of Bern

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

View of the museum bar

Gruyères, Switzerland

H.R. Giger Museum

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

"Pusher Street" in 2007, after eviction of the hash stands. A "no photo sign" remains. The hash stands have since returned. (Wikimedia Commons)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Freetown Christiania

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

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