San Diego, California
'The Girl in Red Shoes'
A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.
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San Diego, California
A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.
San Diego, California
Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.
San Diego, California
These two K-9 memorials commemorate the sister cities of Edinburgh and San Diego.
New Cumberland, West Virginia
This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.
Thompson, Ohio
The final resting place of one of the most iconic musicians of the '80s.
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
Denton, Texas
A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.
Arthurdale, West Virginia
The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.
Salem, West Virginia
This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.
Fairmont, West Virginia
The center preserves and houses artifacts ranging from the colonial era to modern times from across Appalachia.
Warsaw, Virginia
The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.
New York, New York
The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
New York, New York
A prohibition era watering hole for the police.
Brooklyn, New York
Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.
Brooklyn, New York
Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.
Brooklyn, New York
The final resting place of a former Dodgers and Mets player can be found in central Brooklyn, in the first diocesan cemetery for Catholics in the borough.
Brooklyn, New York
A mosaic made of materials gathered from this Brooklyn community adorns the walls of this tunnel.
Frederick, Maryland
An amazing example of Federal-period architecture, truly unique to this region of the state.
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Evidence of a long-ago crush remains scratched into the glass at this historic Maryland House.
Annapolis, Maryland
This memorial honors five journalists who were killed in a mass shooting in 2018, and affirms the importance of the first amendment.