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Magoffin Home
One of Texas best-kept secrets, this El Paso landmark was built in 1875 for Joseph Magoffin, an early El Paso politician and businessman. With 4ft-thick adobe walls and many original furnishings, the home is a fine example of the Southwest Territorial style of architecture prevalen
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Lava Tree Molds
Near the start of Mauna Loa Rd, theres a turnoff to some neglected lava tree molds, deep tube-like apertures formed when lava flows engulfed the rainforest and hardened around the waterlogged trees instead of burning them upon contact. As the trees disintegrated, they left deep hol
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Janes House
The last remaining Victorian home on Hollywood Blvd, built in 1903, and the former site of Miss Janes’ School, which was attended by the children of old Hollywood icons Cecil B De Mille, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin. Now? Um, it’s a down-market mini-mall occupied by a Thai
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ʻIao Valley State Park
If you’ve seen just one photograph of Mauis lush interior, odds are it was of ʻIao Needle, the green pinnacle that provides the focal point for ʻIao Valley State Park. Nestled in the mountains, 3 miles west of central Wailuku, this park extends clear up to Puʻu Kukui (5788ft), Maui
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Hollywood & Vine
If you turned on the radio in the 1920s and 30s, chances were you’d hear a broadcast ‘brought to you from Hollywood and Vine’, and thanks to a mega-development splurge including, a W hotel and a Metro stop, and occasional block parties hosted by Jimmy Kimmel Live, this revitalized
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Overland Trail Museum
Pioneer doohickeys and Old West thing-a-majigs are on this display in the former home of early settler Nick Mersfelter, located right along the stagecoach route known as the Overland Trail. And its not just personal whatnots youll find; there are larger displays like the original s
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Music Center
Disney Hall is part of a cultural complex known as the Music Center. Aside from the LA Phil’s old home, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion , it encompasses the Mark Taper Forum , the Ahmanson Theatre and a fountain plaza. Guided 90-minute tours through the four theaters make a brief sto
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Mosby Winery
Just west of Hwy 101 by a hillside olive orchard, this casual red carriage house pours unusual Cal-Italian varietals, including a lip-puckering, fruit-forward Dolcetto and a crisp, citrusy estate-grown Cortese. Be forewarned: the 80-proof grappa distilled from estate-grown Traminer
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Mesteño
Nicknamed ‘Bluecifer,’ this 32ft-high blue stallion with hellish, gleaming red eyes greets visitors to and from DIA, and is the subject of much controversy in Denver. Morbid factoid: during its creation, one of the stallion’s legs fell on creator Luis Jiménez, severing an artery in
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Gladys Porter Zoo
This 31-acre zoo displays more than 1500 animals in large areas that replicate their natural habitats. Among the crowd-pleasing exhibits are pink flamingos flanking the entrance; Butterflies, Bugs and Blooms, a walk-through, up-close greenhouse; and a large new aquatic centre with
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Denny Blaine Park
South of Madison Park toward the tail of Lake Washington Blvd is Denny Blaine Park, found at the end of a looping tree-lined lane. This predominantly lesbian beach is surrounded by an old stone wall, which marked the shoreline before the lake level was dropped 9ft during constructi
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Children’s Museum
In the basement of Center House near the monorail stop, the Children’s Museum is an anachronistic learning center that offers activities and displays seemingly imported from an earlier time; it’s a museum that might itself belong in a museum. But it’s all very charming, if lacking
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Flying Horses Carousel
Take a nostalgic ride on this National Historic Landmark, which has been captivating kids of all ages since 1876. The USAs oldest continuously operating merry-go-round, these antique horses have manes of real horse hair and, if you stare deep into their glass eyes, youll see neat l
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Fairmont San Francisco
Traverse the lobby toward the Pavilion Room, then out glass doors to a deliciously kitsch rooftop courtyard and edible garden. Hearst Castle architect Julia Morgan was brought in to fix the Fairmont after the devastating 1906 earthquake, and her pioneering use of reinforced concret
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Edward Gorey House
Near the post office on MA 6A sits the former home of the brilliant and somewhat twisted author and graphic artist Edward Gorey. He illustrated the books of Lewis Carroll, HG Wells and John Updike but is most widely recognized for his offbeat pen-and-ink animations used in the open
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California
At the Cal, the hotel with aloha spirit built in 1975, the dealers wear Hawaiian shirts – and more than 80% of the Cals guests hail from the Pacific island chain. The Cals casino, though small by Strip standards, offers all the usual table games and has more than 1000 busy slots an
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Brisky Gallery
Coming to Miami by way of its original location in Germany, Brisky boasts an enormous 4500 square foot warehouse that houses a museums worth of local and international art. Need more creativty? Head outside to a 5000 square foot back lot filled with murals, curated grafitti, art in
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Blaine Mansion
The ominous Blaine Mansion was built in 1881 by Republican party founder ‘Slippery Jim’ Blaine. It looks like it was built by Snidley Whiplash and his dark magic Haunted House construction company. It isn’t actually a diplomatic building, but it ranks as the oldest surviving mansio
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Beverly Canon Gardens
More chill spot than park, this lovely courtyard garden connects Beverly Dr with Canon and was built by the developers of the Montage to create more public usage of the choice property. At lunch the picnic tables beside a gushing fountain are full and the people-watching is fabulou
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Adventure Playground
At the Berkeley Marina, this is one of the coolest play spaces in the country – a free outdoor park encouraging creativity and cooperation where supervised kids of any age can help build and paint their own structures. Theres an awesome zip line too. Dress the tykes in play clothes
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