Washington, D.C.
The Lockkeeper's House
A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.
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Alexandria, Virginia
Torpedo Factory Art Center
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria Tide Lock Park
Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.
Solvang, California
Solvang Wind Harp
California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.
Solvang, California
Hans Christian Andersen Museum
Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.
Santa Barbara, California
Moreton Bay Fig Tree
The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.
Santa Barbara, California
Vera Cruz
This house is a mosaic of tiled artwork sourced from local artists.
Carpinteria, California
Carpinteria Harbor Seal Preserve
Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.
Oxnard, California
Pleasant Valley Historic Cemetery and Japanese historic Cemetery
Two historic and closed cemeteries, separated by a low income apartment building.
Oxnard, California
Prisoner of War Bone Model Ships
French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.
Oxnard, California
La Jenelle Park
Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.
Calabasas, California
Malibu Hindu Temple
A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.
Thousand Oaks, California
Gardens of the World
From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.
Portland, Oregon
Cargo
A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Seattle, Washington
Mox Boarding House
A busy cafe better known for board games than food.
Seattle, Washington
Magnuson Park Fin Art
Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.
Seattle, Washington
Bettie Page House
What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!
Seattle, Washington
"Henry" Murals
Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.
Seattle, Washington
Ballard Bridge
Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.
Seattle, Washington
Lenin Statue of Fremont
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
The Wall of Death
A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.
Seattle, Washington
J.P. Patches Statue
Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.
Seattle, Washington
Fremont Bridge
From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.
