Fountain Hills, Arizona
Fountain Hills Fountain
An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.
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Fountain Hills, Arizona
An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.
Tacoma, Washington
A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Seattle, Washington
The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Cleveland, Ohio
A bronze monument to Cleveland's favorite, fastest son.
Cleveland, Ohio
The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.
Cleveland, Ohio
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
Cincinnati, Ohio
One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 statue was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.
Cincinnati, Ohio
One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.
Covington, Kentucky
He’s not from around here.
Yucca, Arizona
This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.
San Diego, California
In September 1974, a small group of athletes completed the first modern triathlon event in San Diego's Mission Bay.
Twentynine Palms, California
An eerie natural formation that looks right back at you.
Solvang, California
In the "Danish Capital of America," a replica of one of Copenhagen's most iconic buildings.
Solvang, California
Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.
Phoenix, Arizona
Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Furnace Creek, California
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.