Portland, Oregon
Hippo Hardware
No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.
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Portland, Oregon
No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.
San Francisco, California
Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.
Orem, Utah
An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.
Seattle, Washington
This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.
Seattle, Washington
A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.
Boston, Massachusetts
A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Phoenix, Arizona
This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.
Reno, Nevada
Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."
Anaheim, California
The final resting place of the songwriter who penned “Take Me Out To The Ball Game."
Boston, Massachusetts
American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.
New York, New York
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.
Zanesville, Ohio
A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.
Chicago, Illinois
A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.
Genola, Utah
The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.