Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

Acres of English cottage gardens, unexpectedly nestled in a Cleveland suburb.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

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

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

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

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

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

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.