Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Yo, Adrian!

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

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.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

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

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.