Santa Monica, California
Pacific Park Solar Ferris Wheel
A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.
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Santa Monica, California
A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.
Virginia City, Nevada
Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Seattle, Washington
A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.
Carthage, Missouri
An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.
Pitumarca, Peru
A remoteĀ candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
Budapest, Hungary
A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.
Rockville, Utah
Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.
Guatape, Colombia
Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.
Gaffney, South Carolina
The record holder for the worldās largest peach.
Needles, California
An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.
Seattle, Washington
A piece of Seattleās historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Wichita, Kansas
The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.
Harrison, Nebraska
Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.
Little Rock, Arkansas
A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.
Wilson, Kansas
A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.
Opa-locka, Florida
America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.
Lucas, Kansas
A Kansas grassroots sculptor decorates the local roadways with his sculptures made from found objects.
Corinne, Utah
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
Prague, Czechia
A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.
Groom, Texas
This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.