Kawasaki, Japan
Friendship Tree Duet Phone
A rare double-receiver payphone housed in a fake tree.
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Kawasaki, Japan
A rare double-receiver payphone housed in a fake tree.
Phoenix, Arizona
The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.
San Diego, California
The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.
Bakersfield, California
Get your footwear fixed inside a 30-foot-long shoe built by an obsessive cobbler in 1947.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Los Angeles, California
One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.
Los Angeles, California
Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.
Los Angeles, California
World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.
Los Angeles, California
In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.
Fremont, California
100 years of rolling bus history and Hollywood cameos.
Yermo, California
Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.
Yermo, California
A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.
Palo Alto, California
This redwood is a historic landmark, a town’s namesake, and the dancing sideline symbol of Stanford University.
Crescent City, California
An installation tells of the horrific 1964 tsunami that devastated Crescent City, California.
Berlin, Germany
The most peculiar part of Berlin's public transit network is an on-demand rowboat.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
An unexpected public exhibit showcases the diversity of Dutch street posts.
London, England
This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.
San Francisco, California
This sculpture was made out of recycled guns that were turned in to the city.
Mecca, California
These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.
San Bernardino County, California
An improbable set of attractive limestone caverns forms the centerpiece of Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, in the heart of the Mojave Desert.
Richmond, California
A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.
Agua Dulce, California
Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.
Sunnyvale, California
A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.
Herning, Denmark
Relocated from the Baltics, this bronze figure of the Soviet leader reclines on fork-like supports.