Chicago, Illinois
Man With Fish
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
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Chicago, Illinois
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
San Juan Capistrano, California
Oldest building in California still in use.
Newberry Springs, California
The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Joshua Tree, California
An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.
Cabazon, California
The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Pasadena, California
A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Francisco, California
Sitting atop San Francisco's tallest hill, a cross honors the victims of the Armenian genocide.
San Francisco, California
Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.
San Francisco, California
The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, California
Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Rafael, California
Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.
Calistoga, California
California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Portland, Oregon
No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.