Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

This granite monument at the site of an ill-conceived tourist attraction is built from the same stone as the Mormon Temple.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.