Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

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.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

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

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

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

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

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

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