Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Playtower
A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Denver, Colorado
Cranmer Park Sundial
This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.
Denver, Colorado
Riverside Cemetery
The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.
Denver, Colorado
History Colorado Center
This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.
Denver, Colorado
Mile-High Steps at the Colorado State Capitol
The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).
New Orleans, Louisiana
Ignatius J. Reilly Statue
This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.
Cambridge, England
The Eagle
The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.
Cambridge, England
Corpus Clock & Chronophage
Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
Darmstadt, Germany
Waldspirale
A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.
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London, England
Pollock's Toy Museum
A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
Replica of the Golden Hinde
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
London , England
Captain Bligh's Grave
The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.
London, England
Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
The Old Curiosity Shop
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
London, England
Hunterian Museum
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
London, England
Clock of the Long Now: Prototype 1
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
London, England
Battersea Power Station
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
London, England
London Wall
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
Speakers' Corner
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
Lindow Man
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Friedrichstrasse Railway Station
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
