Las Vegas, Nevada
High Roller
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.
Portland, Oregon
Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Ettal, Germany
A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
San Diego, California
One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Corbett, Oregon
This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.
Aberdeen, Washington
A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.
Port Townsend, Washington
An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.
Bangkok, Thailand
This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.
Kawasaki, Japan
Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.
San Diego, California
North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.
San Diego, California
Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.
San Diego, California
The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Seattle, Washington
A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.
Seattle, Washington
The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.