Places Edited by notoriousFIG

Because there's no place like home.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.

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

This basement museum explores the art and artistry of fascism.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.