The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

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

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."