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The "Soul Consoling Tower"

Inyo County, California

Manzanar National Historic Site

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

Hot Creek Geological Site

Mono County, California

Hot Creek Geological Site

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Erick Schat's Bakkerÿ

Bishop, California

Erick Schat's Bakkerÿ

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Linda Mar Taco Bell

Pacifica, California

Linda Mar Taco Bell

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Wyatt Earp's Grave

Colma, California

Wyatt Earp's Grave

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

Alcatraz from the Bay 2012

San Francisco, California

Alcatraz Island

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Palace of Fine Arts

San Francisco, California

Palace of Fine Arts

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory

San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The main entrance to the Museum.

Tukwila, Washington

The Museum of Flight

An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.

Fremont Troll

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Troll

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The old gasification plant in Gas Works Park, Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Gas Works Park

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Outside view of the water tower

Seattle, Washington

Volunteer Park Water Tower

One of the best views of the city is tucked away at the top of a water tower.

Elephant Car Wash
Permanently Closed

Seattle, Washington

Elephant Car Wash Sign

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

Museum of Pop Culture

Seattle, Washington

Museum of Pop Culture

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Gum Wall window ledge

Seattle, Washington

Gum Wall

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Medical Ed. Photo by Annetta Black

Seattle, Washington

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A brutalist fountain at Freeway Park.

Seattle, Washington

Freeway Park

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Normandy American Cemetery

Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This building is a re-creation of the Main Gate used during the Los Alamos Project.

Los Alamos, New Mexico

Main Gate Park

This building is a recreation of the gatehouse that separated Los Alamos from the outside world during the era of the Manhattan Project.

Palace of the Governors

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Palace of the Governors

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Loretto Chapel Staircase

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Loretto Chapel

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

The site. (philcrater/Atlas Obscura)

Cedar Crest, New Mexico

TWA Flight 260 Crash Site

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

The exterior of the Anderson Abruzzo International Balloon Museum.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum

This museum shaped like an inflating balloon celebrates the sport’s buoyant achievements.

Grave of Walter White

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Grave of Walter White

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

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