New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
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New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
San Francisco, California
A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.
Mill Valley, California
Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Albany, California
An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Francisco, California
Inside an old airplane hangar, friends and strangers alike play on a massive trampoline.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
San Francisco, California
Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Francisco, California
Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Jamesville, New York
Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.
Guatemala
Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.