Pioneertown, California
Pappy and Harriet's Pioneertown Palace
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
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Pioneertown, California
A music-filled, booze-soaked oasis in the desert.
Pioneertown, California
A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Puno, Peru
These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.
Cusco, Peru
A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.
Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.
New Orleans, Louisiana
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
Munich, Germany
Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.
Munich, Germany
The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Prague, Czechia
The oldest garden in Prague, once part of an medieval orchard.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Dachau, Germany
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Munich, Germany
These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.
Munich, Germany
Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.
Munich, Germany
This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.
Maple Ridge, British Columbia
A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Los Angeles, California
Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."