Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

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

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

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

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.