Philip, South Dakota
Giant Prairie Dog
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
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Philip, South Dakota
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Wellesley, Ontario
It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
San Jose, California
The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.
Burlingame, California
A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.
Pacific Grove, California
Two rocks in a perpetual kiss and one of "the most romantic spot in America."
Monterey, California
The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.
Monterey, California
Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.
Monterey, California
Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.
Castroville, California
It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Adams, Massachusetts
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Seattle, Washington
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
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.