The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

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

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

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

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

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

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.