The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

A large AIDS Memorial Pathway art installation provides a moment for quiet contemplation in this public park.

Traversing these canyons, visitors can take in stunning views and glimpses of the region's history.

The so-called "Bridge of Thighs" in Palm Springs allows nudists to discreetly cross the road.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

Although it also features red, orange, and variegated cliffs of Navajo Sandstone, this state park is often overshadowed by its more famous neighbor.

On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

A former electric substation that was converted into a magnificent mansion.

Surprisingly Delicious Asian-Style Hot Dogs.

Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.

Every drop of water in this 27-mile long reservoir was pumped up from the Columbia River using power from Grand Coulee Dam.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.