San Francisco, California
Musée Mécanique
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
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San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Tokyo, Japan
Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.
Tokyo, Japan
Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Laramie, Wyoming
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
Buford, Wyoming
A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
San Francisco, California
Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
Hillsborough, California
A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.
Hillsborough, California
This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.
Los Gatos, California
A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.
Sunnyvale, California
A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.
San Jose, California
The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Los Angeles, California
A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Avalon, California
A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.