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Architecture-focused travel
Huntington Library & Botanic Gardens: L.A. day trip
The cultural oasis has an impressive art and manuscript collection, too.
Looking for a hidden gem of a day trip from San Diego? The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, a private nonprofit organization located in tony San Marino near Pasadena, is one of the best possible ...
A San Diego architecture retrospective
La Jolla’s Mormon temple, San Diego stadium, Coronado Cays, Del Mar Plaza, Mission Revival and Irving Gill, Tiki style, Tecate train station
The Eyesore Inventory Thoryk and his partner, a real-estate development company owned by San Diego Gas & Electric, found a co-conspirator in San Diego City Hall, which solicited and approved Thoryk’s remodeling of the historic ...
I heart Hong Kong
Gallery-, lounge- and restaurant-hopping: a day in Asia's World City.
You lazily open your eyes. Life is fuzzed by sleep, and the glare from the snow-white sheets adds to your blindness. A delicious stretch and yawn to get your blood flowing, and you swing your ...
Architecture as covered by Peter Jensen
San Diego’s towers, bridges, courtyards, ranch houses, libraries, alleys and Jack in the Box’s architect
Read about San Diego architecture by Susan Vaughn. Tower Envy San Diego’s least successful tower aesthetically is Sea World’s 320-foot Skytower. Unlike the 984-foot Eiffel or many other towers throughout the world, where you ascend ...
San Diego architecture as covered by Susan Vaughn in the '90s
Bungalows in National City, Rancho Santa Fe mansions. San Diego’s best Craftsman and Victorians, the ugliness of Pardee homes
Read about San Diego architecture by Peter Jensen. When the Bungalows Came to Town I drive down East Plaza Boulevard and at first pass a series of contemporary commercial buildings — a red Monterey-style Boll ...
Hidden Lisbon
Fado music, saudade and more in Portugal's slow-to-reveal capital.
The slightly dirty tile sidewalks welcomed us as we left our hostel to begin our first day in Lisbon. The magic in this city was palpable from the get-go. As we followed the trail of ...
Columbia, South Carolina: study in contrasts
The state's capital is steeped in Confederate history and contradiction.
South Carolina is a state of contradictions, and nowhere is this more apparent than in its capital. Last June, Kristin Morris, the Nickelodeon’s marketing manager, summed up contemporary South Carolina’s dichotomy, noting: “We’re a progressive ...
Vamos a Baja Sur's Todos Santos
Make the hour drive from Cabo to see what this pueblo magico's all about.
“Be careful,” said the sixtyish snowy-haired gentleman with a matching white beard, weather-beaten face, gray twinkling eyes, and a wry smile hinting at some private little secret. “Before you know it, you’ll be looking to ...
Tour de Belgium: Sax and the saxophone
Music-themed explorations in Brussels, Dinant and beyond.
Last year, Belgium celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe Sax. His birthplace and important milestones occurred in the Wallonia (French-flavored) part of the country. It’s his inventions ...
Cheap fun in artsy L.A.
A weekend of free concerts and exploring the Los Angeles Museum of Art.
Zip, chug, or plod your way up the 405 for a long weekend clustered around LACMA, the Los Angeles Museum of Art. Friday Sneak out of work early on a Friday, or take the day ...
Daytrip to the Salton Sea
DIY tour of Salton wildlife refuge, Slab City, Salvation Mountain & more.
Crunching fish bones. Foul-smelling water. Skin-scorching sun. It may not sound like an enticing adventure, but in fact one of the most interesting and unexpected getaways to be found in Southern California is a day ...
