The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, never been to New York.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.