Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

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

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

These two monoliths have stood at the entrance to the neighborhood since the days it was called "Hollywoodland."

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.

In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.

From banquet hall to Masonic Lodge and now concert venue, Ganz Hall is a breathtaking glimpse of into the golden age of American architecture.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.