Sanca, British Columbia
Boswell Embalming Bottle House
This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.
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Sanca, British Columbia
This house was largely built out of hundreds of thousands of discarded glass embalming fluid bottles.
Washington, D.C.
This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.
Washington, D.C.
The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
A fantastic array of trays and cables once whisked books over to the Capitol at 600 feet per minute.
Washington, D.C.
A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.
Washington, D.C.
An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.
Washington, D.C.
The national park was once a plantation estate.
Washington, D.C.
The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.
Washington, D.C.
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Washington, D.C.
The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.
Washington, D.C.
A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.
Coulee City, Washington
A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.
Seattle, Washington
Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.
Spokane, Washington
A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.
Spokane, Washington
This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.
Los Angeles, California
This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.
Los Angeles, California
First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.
Los Angeles, California
The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.
Los Angeles, California
The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.
Rapid City, South Dakota
A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.
Rapid City, South Dakota
This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.