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

While most wind tunnels test scale models, the "Cave of Winds" was large enough for actual airplanes.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

Created by Catalan artist Joan Miró in 1978 and made up of 350,000 tiles, this mural is the only large-scale glass mosaic the artist ever created.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.