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The narrower (southern) lock.  Looking west.

Seattle, Washington

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

Hammering Man close-up

Seattle, Washington

Hammering Man

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

Mount Rainier

Ashford, Washington

Mount Rainier

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

Karl, a museum favorite.

Leavenworth, Washington

Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

Leavenworth's Bavarian Village

Leavenworth, Washington

Leavenworth's Bavarian Village

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Off the Rez Cafe

Seattle, Washington

Off the Rez Cafe

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

Pia the Peacekeeper

Bainbridge Island, Washington

Pia the Peacekeeper

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

Gilbert Stuart House.

North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Gilbert Stuart Birthplace

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

World Famous Giant Shoe Museum

Seattle, Washington

World Famous Giant Shoe Museum

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Psychic Chicken of Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Psychic Chicken of Seattle

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

Lincoln Memorial Undercroft

Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Memorial Undercroft

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

The Hoovers' "Brown House."

Syria, Virginia

Rapidan Camp

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

Vintage mortician's makeup kit.
Permanently Closed

Houston, Texas

The Wilde Collection

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

Beer Can House

Houston, Texas

Beer Can House

Beer lover's can-covered house.

Sculpted figures lounge in the Swann Memorial Fountain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Swann Memorial Fountain

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

FWM’s Arch Street facade, designed by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Associates.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Fabric Workshop and Museum

The Fabric Workshop and Museum showcases fabric and mixed media work by artists of great international renown as well as local and outsider artists.

Philbert the Pig

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philbert the Pig

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

The Cathedral Café has been serving it's community for more than 120 years.

Fayetteville, West Virginia

Cathedral Café

Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
New River Gorge Bridge

Fayetteville, West Virginia

New River Gorge Bridge

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Thurmond's Main Street. (LeahC/Atlas Obscura)

Thurmond, West Virginia

Thurmond, West Virginia

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Sims' Chapel

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sims’ Chapel

A small chapel is the oldest permanent building in a megacity of 18 million.

'Stock-im-Eisen' Nail Tree

Vienna, Austria

'Stock-im-Eisen' Nail Tree

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.

Clarendon War Memorial.

Arlington, Virginia

Clarendon War Memorial

Situated in a bustling intersection, this "mobile" monument that honors local veterans from five different wars has moved several times but appears to have found its final resting place.

Gas 'n' God

Arlington, Virginia

Arlington Temple United Methodist Church

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

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