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Kael Knight

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Repaired entrance to first tunnel, where shotcrete has been applied to stabilize the wall on the right.

Hope, British Columbia

Othello Tunnels

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

Rialto Beach

La Push, Washington

Rialto Beach Tree Graveyard

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Hall of Mosses

Forks, Washington

Hall of Mosses

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Olympic National Park: Hoh Rainforest.

Forks, Washington

One Square Inch of Silence

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

North Vancouver, British Columbia

Capilano Suspension Bridge

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

9 O'Clock Gun

Vancouver, British Columbia

9 O'Clock Gun

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

Engineers Tradition Stone Plaque.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Engineers Tradition Stone

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

The Chicken chicken.

Chicken, Alaska

Chicken of Chicken, Alaska

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

Downtown Tinseltown

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Sign

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Tesla Coil

Los Angeles, California

Griffith Observatory’s Tesla Coil

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Mendenhall Glacier and Lake, and Nugget Falls, Tongass National Forest

Juneau, Alaska

Mendenhall Glacier

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

A lane of signs in the forest

Watson Lake, Yukon

Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

The White Pass Railroad and Yukon Railroad

Skagway, Alaska

White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

Kennicott Ghost Town

Chitina, Alaska

Kennicott Ghost Town

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

Ha Ha Tonka Castle Ruins

Camdenton, Missouri

Ha Ha Tonka Castle Ruins

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The Ivy Side

San Antonio, Texas

Rosita's Bridge

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Mission San Jose

San Antonio, Texas

Mission San Jose

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

December 2008

Amarillo, Texas

Cadillac Ranch

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

World's Largest Pistachio

Alamogordo, New Mexico

PistachioLand: World's Largest Pistachio

This is one really big nut.

La Equis (The X)

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

La Equis (The X)

A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.

The Dawson Paddlewheel Graveyard

Dawson City, Yukon

Paddlewheel Graveyard

A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.

Treasure Island as seen from Yerba Buena Island

San Francisco, California

Treasure Island

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

(Flickr/Uptown Almanac)
Permanently Closed

San Francisco, California

The First Sea-Punk Mural

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

SS Ohioan Runs Aground

San Francisco, California

The Shipwrecks at Land's End

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

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