This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

World War II-era Nazi compound nestled in the Santa Monica hills.

A family agreed to sell their property to Disney on the condition that this tree, planted as a wedding gift, would not be removed.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

This former shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

The stone walls of a home built to withstand a California wildfire still stand after more than a century.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.