This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

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

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

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

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

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

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.