Seattle, Washington
Ballard Centennial Bell Tower
A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.
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Seattle, Washington
A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.
Seattle, Washington
Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.
Seattle, Washington
An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.
Seattle, Washington
The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.
Seattle, Washington
This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Ames, Iowa
Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
Riverside, Iowa
A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”
Lincoln, Nebraska
An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.
Estes Park, Colorado
The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Naples, Italy
Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.