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A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

This sculpture was made out of recycled guns that were turned in to the city.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

A rooftop mascot for a vintage Tiki Bar and Restaurant has a varied and interesting history

A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

This is the last surviving Bollman truss bridge in the world.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

This site is where Lewis and Clark met and formed the Corp of Discovery with a few local men.

The massive, original Colgate Clock is mounted on a defunct factory building that was once a prison.

The Rosie the Riveter statue in Clarksville, Indiana, honors a real-life riveter who worked on B-24 bombers.

Over 60 handwritten love signs hang in the twisted trees along Springdale Road.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

This museum provides a personal and intimate journey through the history of the Northern Rockies.

Every fall this lake mysteriously drains, like a bathtub with the plug pulled out.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

In Union Cemetery, a petrified tree stump marks the grave of a notable mineralogist, mine owner and oilman.

A popular photo spot showcasing the remains of a historic building.

Dive into the history and true tall-tales of Banff National Park.