The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

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

The spur that wouldn’t die.

A lush Seattle garden designed by the same landscape architects responsible for New York's Central Park.

A sun-filled museum featuring an ever-rotating collection of classic and exotic cars.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

A bronze tribute to a legendary Californian, the self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States."

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Always a new use for this old building.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.