Austin, Texas
Congress Bridge Bats
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
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Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Whittier, Alaska
Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
Anchorage, Alaska
While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.
Anchorage, Alaska
This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.
Anchorage, Alaska
A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
North Pole, Alaska
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Sequim, Washington
Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Seattle, Washington
A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Portland, Oregon
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Eugene, Oregon
A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.