Don't blink or you'll miss it.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

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

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The design of this beautifully crafted building was inspired by Norwegian glaciers.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.