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

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

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

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

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

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

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.