Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This hidden stream beneath Indianapolis makes an appearance in the best-selling novel "Underground Airlines."

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

A plaque hidden in the law faculty at Leiden University honors the first scientist to make liquid helium.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

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

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

This monument honors the life of a long-suffering lion whose story captivated the world.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.