Daily Detour: Odd spots, strange trips, great moments in travel

Key West: The old man and the felinesMexico: rice and beamsSan Francisco: Foodies plus moviesPortland: Get room, hang sock, go edro*Peru: High sodiumNova Scotia: Go ahead, name an older one.London: Where the rain doesn't fallNew York: an 18th-century coffee breakNew Mexico: Vintage signage, unexpected stateSolvang: Name that flag!U.S. Virgin Islands: Plant vandals and petroglyphsMexico: A hacienda to hold your attentionSan Diego: The cave with the kayak viewPalm Springs: A roof that says vroomLondon: If these walls could speak...Peru: Where backpackers gatherMexico: Coba callingNew Mexico: Seen Meem?Monterey County: A secret beach is breachedCoronado: Let us preyArizona: Log walls, neon signage and singers with three namesMassachusetts: Hollering on the CharlesNew Mexico: Need a room?London: Marilyn Monroe, Peeping TomSouth Africa: Mighty winds, wild baboons and geo-charismaPeru: Nobody goes to Jack's anymore, because...Arizona: Where Mother Nature should have put more palm trees in the first placeSan Francisco: Does the Golden Gate Bridge give refunds?San Luis Obispo: But which one is Mother?San Diego: Max Miller's old beatMichigan: DessertNew York: Shuffleboard sharkPortland: The retro-hipster vortexSouth Africa: Shhh. Cheetah sleepingNova Scotia: Wait. Jack Dawson was really on the Titanic?Escondido: Winged mysteryMexico: Before there was Lego...New York: 'I'll have what she's having.'Mexico: A beach off the beaten pathArizona: Barn or sauna?London: Of time and antsSouth Africa: The settlers and what came afterMichigan: God and good foodMassachusetts: Just another school cafeteriaNew Mexico: Big RiverSouth Africa: Can you see Desmond Tutu's house from here?New Mexico: Hungry? Irrational?Mexico: The town they painted yellowSan Diego: A man, a hat, a Mexican restaurantMassachusetts: Brains at playPanama: Standard transportMexico: In the air, above the water, undergroundSan Francisco: Friday night, Mission DistrictCanada: It's a lifeboat. A Titanic lifeboat.Joshua Tree: Lonely tent, distant climberArizona: Old bar, black hatPeru: A face from the high countryArizona: Can you guess their most popular dish?London: Startled at the marketLa Jolla: Exit kids, enter pupsSouth Africa: Lady of LesediMichigan: When Diego met Detroit

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