This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

A small triangle of DC grass is the final resting place of one of Sonny and Cher's songs.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.