United States / Canada
United States–Canada Border Slash
The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
United States / Canada
The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.
Chesterfield, Missouri
A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.
Glasgow, Scotland
An angelic, yet demonic-looking figurine presides over one of Glasgow's most ancient streets.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.
Rockford, Illinois
This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."
Toronto, Ontario
Secret Swing.
Toronto, Ontario
This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.
Toronto, Ontario
Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Montreal, Québec
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.
Seattle, Washington
Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.
Seattle, Washington
A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.
Olympia, Washington
The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.
Ashford, Washington
Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.
Seattle, Washington
This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.
Everett, Washington
This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.
North Bend, Washington
Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.
Hartsville, Tennessee
This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.
Clinton, Tennessee
This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.
Memphis, Tennessee
Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Landrum, South Carolina
Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.