This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

Dozens of large steel sculptures fill this two-acre park outside a former blacksmith's studio.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.

The owners of this Victorian-era estate say it’s still visited by the spirits of long-gone residents.

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

See the imprints of ancient trees, burned and preserved by lava.

This municipal sundial has been keeping time along Tacoma's Commencement Bay since 1978.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.