Three nine-foot-tall bathing beauties perched elegantly on life-rings welcome visitors to the Alki waterfront.

This site commemorates the birthplace of the game of basketball, invented by James Naismith in the winter of 1891.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

The home of an antique carousel still in operation.

A memorial to Chinese freedom in the city where American freedom was born.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

A collection of birdhouses await curious motorists and avian squatters.

Concrete pillars provide a beautiful canvas for Quebec City's graffiti artists.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.