Leavenworth, Washington
Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum
This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.
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Leavenworth, Washington
This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.
Toledo, Washington
These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.
Winlock, Washington
The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.
Snagov Island, Romania
This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).
Bucharest, Romania
A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.
Bucharest, Romania
Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania
Intricate storybook scenes are tucked inside these shadow boxes, which are tucked inside a library in the Pocono Mountains.
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Portland, Oregon
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
Portland, Oregon
Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
Regent, North Dakota
One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
Tacoma, Washington
"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.
Springfield, Massachusetts
A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.
Hartford, Connecticut
A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.
Tacoma, Washington
This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.
Granger, Washington
In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."
Ellensburg, Washington
An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.
Quincy, Washington
This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.
Missoula, Montana
A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.