Portland, Oregon
Pittock Mansion
This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.
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Portland, Oregon
This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.
Amarillo, Texas
A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Waxahachie, Texas
It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.
Dallas, Texas
A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Fort Worth, Texas
The world's second-longest burning light bulb.
Fort Worth, Texas
Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
Pasadena, California
Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Oman
This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.
Nubia, Egypt
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.