Washington, D.C.
Ben's Chili Bowl Mural
A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Marble Stripe
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
Washington, D.C.
Serenity Statue
This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.
Washington, D.C.
The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
Washington, D.C.
Renwick Gallery
The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.
Washington, D.C.
Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Richmond, Virginia
Agecroft Hall and Gardens
A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.
Richmond, Virginia
Hollywood Cemetery
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Richmond, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe Museum
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
San Diego, California
San Diego Museum of Us
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
San Francisco, California
Exploratorium
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Coombs, British Columbia
Old Country Market
This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Digital Orca
A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Japadog
Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.
Vancouver, British Columbia
‘Girl in a Wetsuit’
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Vancouver, British Columbia
VanDusen Garden's Elizabethan Hedge Maze
This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Gastown Steam Clock
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Permanently Closed
Vancouver, British Columbia
Jimi Hendrix Shrine
This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.
Seattle, Washington
‘A Sound Garden’
A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.
Permanently Closed
Portland, Oregon
24 Hour Church of Elvis
The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!
