Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.