Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

Multiple monuments to a grizzled old mutt that survived the landscape of Butte's treacherous Berkeley Pit.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.