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

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.

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

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.