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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

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

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

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

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

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.