This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

The 606 is a decade in the making.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

These colorful sawdust illustrations are trampled into non-existence only moments after they are finished.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

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

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

This church doubles a museum dedicated to Norwegian heritage.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.