Santa Monica’s only true nightclub. With its sleek industrial design, West End is a venue where music, art, and fashion create culture. Featuring DJs, bands, and artist, locally and internationally, our ever-changing entertainment lineup will keep you coming back to experience something new. Whether you’re planning a night out for birthday Read more...

The Library of Congress in Washington DC is essentially both the national library of the U.S. and the country’s oldest federal cultural institution. Though it consists of only three buildings, it is the largest library in the world for shelf space and number of volumes. While open to the public for on-site research and as a tourist attraction, as the Read more...

There aren’t many libraries that will stop you in your tracks — but Seattle’s unusual 11-story glass and steel structure is one of them. There’s a lot that makes this building unique, including its “book spiral,” a winding array of shelves connected by ramps that allow visitors to browse the bookshelves without ever heading to another floor. Read more...

Now here’s a building that makes no question of what it is. The library building, which previously held a bank, is most well known for its “community bookshelf” parking garage that features 25-foot tall book spines along the sidewalk — including titles from “Charlotte’s Web” to “Silent Spring.” Read more...

Two soccer fields, a tennis court, a putting green, and a running trail set on one of the most beautiful fitness spaces in the country; we would expect nothing less from the super sports giant Nike. The campus is decorated with their sponsored pros memorabilia and statutes in their likenesses, some pros have even visited. The man-made Lake Nike brings Read more...

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology was created in partnership between Fairfax County Public Schools and the business community to improve student education in mathematics, science and technology. The high school serves as the regional magnet Governor’s School for Science and Technology in Northern Virginia. The curriculum’s core skills and values emphasize problem solving skills, critical inquiry and Read more...

In addition to large facilities outfitted with great equipment, Lifetime Fitness offers childcare at many of their locations, which accommodate children as young as three months old, all the way up to 12 years old. While parents get in a workout with a piece of mind, members can also enjoy pools, personal fitness instruction, and healthy food options at select Read more...

Open since 1988, the no-frills Espresso Vivace stand on Capitol Hill has long been in the vanguard of the quality-coffee movement. Co-owner David Schomer popularized the now famous practice of rosetta latte art and authored one of the bibles on espresso drinks, which is on its eighth printing and has been translated into Japanese, Russian, and Korean. The focus here Read more...

Southlands is an outdoor center in Aurora, Colorado. Many stores face a four-block “Main street” and community plaza. Read more...

Relax beneath cascading plants and sip a meticulously thought-out latte in this East Williamsburg cafe. Sey Coffee takes their brews so seriously that they offer customers the chance to “sniff, slurp and discuss” the coffee inside the roastery once a month. Read more...