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kirstenalana

Photographer, traveler, former nomad.

http://www.kirstenalana.com

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Places visited in Big Sur, California

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Places added to Avalon, California

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Places edited in Lasithi, Greece

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Places edited in Riverside, California

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Places edited in Portland, Maine

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Places edited in Glendale, California

Fish Rocks

This unique graffiti art from the 1940s has become a staple of this local landscape in the remote California desert.

kyleensrude

Added by kyleensrude

Walnut Grove, California

Locke Historic District

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

Added by mariaedible

Lasithi, Greece

Spinalonga Island

This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

Added by ToriElliott

Manchester, England

The Washhouse

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

Added by paulwhydall

San Francisco, California

Fairmont San Francisco Penthouse Suite

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Laguna Beach, California

Victoria Beach's Pirate Tower

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

benihoopla

Added by benihoopla

Vilnius, Lithuania

Republic of Uzupis

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Redding, California

Sundial Bridge

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

Added by tubospublic

Portland, Maine

Umbrella Cover Museum

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Added by willowbee

Agua Dulce, California

Vasquez Rocks

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Erin Johnson

Added by Erin Johnson

Roslin, Scotland

Rosslyn Chapel

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Riverside, California

Tio's Tacos

Mexican food and folk art.

Added by TiffanyAnn

Trona, California

Trona Pinnacles

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Added by BrianDunning

Glendale, California

Museum of Neon Art

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Genki

Portmeirion Village

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

Added by lercio

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Added by meelar