Los Angeles, California
Triforium
A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Los Angeles, California
Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
Descanso Gardens
Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.
Baker, California
World's Largest Thermometer
This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.
Los Angeles, California
Space Shuttle Endeavour
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Permanently Closed
Long Beach, California
Looff's Lite-A-Line
The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.
Alamo, Nevada
The Black Mailbox
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
White Pine County, Nevada
Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
Tonopah, Nevada
Lunar Crater
This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.
Alamo, Nevada
Little A'Le'Inn
An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Baker, Nevada
Lehman Caves
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Searchlight, Nevada
Walking Box Ranch
Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.
Beatty, Nevada
'Rhyolite's District of Shadows'
A land of debatable treasure.
Nevada
St. Thomas Ghost Town
This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Bugsy Siegel Monument
An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
Beatty, Nevada
Angel's Ladies Brothel
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.
Beatty, Nevada
Tom Kelly's Bottle House
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Devil's Hole
Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.
Beatty, Nevada
Rhyolite Ghost Town
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Old Faithful Geyser
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Custer, South Dakota
Crazy Horse Memorial
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Mount Charleston, Nevada
Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Memorial
A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.
Las Vegas, Nevada
St. Valentine's Day Massacre Wall
The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
Hickam Air Base Scars
The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
