Brooklyn, New York
Steinberg Sculpture Garden
A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.
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New York, New York
Second Avenue Subway Art
Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.
St. Augustine, Florida
Castle Otttis
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
High Point, North Carolina
High Point Chest of Drawers
A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.
Syracuse, New York
Upside-Down Traffic Signal
A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.
San Antonio, Texas
Rosita's Bridge
An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.
Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenbelt Historic District
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Site of the Woolworth Lunch Counter Sit-in
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
Washington, D.C.
Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
Dallas, Texas
Texas Centennial Art Deco Buildings
A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Minnesota Shoe Tree
No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.
Permanently Closed
Middletown, Connecticut
Wild Bill's Nostalgia Store
A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston's "Black Sea"
This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."
Fort Washington, Maryland
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
El Paso, Texas
Casa de Azucar
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
Cleveland, Ohio
The Cleveland Arcade
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
Cleveland, Ohio
St. Theodosius Cathedral
This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."
Chicago, Illinois
Lower Lower Wacker Drive
Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.
Arlington, Virginia
Dark Star Park
This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.
Buffalo, New York
Shark Girl
The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.
Douglas, Wyoming
Former World's Largest Jackalope
This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Vineland, New Jersey
Palace of Depression
This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.
West Windsor Township, New Jersey
'War of the Worlds' Monument
A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.
