Austin, Texas
Uncommon Objects
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Salt Lake City, Utah
The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Los Angeles, California
The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Los Angeles, California
Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."
San Jose, California
The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.
Fremont, California
This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.
Moss Beach, California
A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.
Hillsborough, California
This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.
Oakland, California
Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
San Francisco, California
Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.
San Francisco, California
A miniature view of the park, caught in time.
San Francisco, California
Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
San Francisco, California
Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.