Places parymoppins Wants to Go

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, this was the former home of the Marshal of Gravity and the site of his tragic death.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

This quiet neighborhood is also home to a 700-ton rock transported by the last Ice Age.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.