The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

A small part of the local arts scene, this “little free cinema” is part homage to the past, part interactive experience.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Multiple waterfalls and several historic CCC buildings anchor this state park in Oregon's Willamette Valley.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.