Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

A picturesque example of brute-force engineering conquering nature.

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

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

This magnificent Crimean estate was once a playground of the Russian elite.

One of the windiest peaks in Crimea is home to an incredible set of cable bridges.

A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.

This space age health spa looks like a supervillain's lair.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.