San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
San Francisco, California
Yoda Fountain
There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.
San Francisco, California
Palace of Fine Arts
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
Spreckels Temple of Music
An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.
San Francisco, California
Shakespeare Garden
A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.
San Francisco, California
The Dore Vase
A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.
San Francisco, California
Dangling Legs at the Piedmont Boutique
The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Denver, Colorado
Jack Swigert Statue
In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.
Denver, Colorado
Big Blue Bear
Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.
Denver, Colorado
Meow Wolf Convergence Station
A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.
New York, New York
Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
Jersey City, New Jersey
The Black Tom Explosion Memorial
A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
New York, New York
Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
New York, New York
Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum
Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.
Highlands, New Jersey
Navesink Twin Lights
These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.
Washington, D.C.
Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Highlands, New Jersey
Sandy Hook Nike Launch Site
Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.
Hamer, South Carolina
South of the Border
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Permanently Closed
Seffner, Florida
Airstream Ranch
An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
The Deserted Village of Feltville
This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.
