A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

The biggest solar telescope in the world helps reveal the secrets of our sun.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

The first Protestant church in Arizona and only Gothic Revival style adobe church in the world.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.

Stop by to view a fleet of handmade kayaks, all modeled on traditional Arctic hunting vessels.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

Decorated by local artists, the city's utility boxes have become three-dimensional canvases.

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.