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

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

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

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

Created by four famous men (Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux and Thomas Story Kirkbride), the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center...but still boasts a ghost story or two!

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.