The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

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

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