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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

The magic's in the hole!

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

This ordinary set of steps is a must-see destination for fans of a certain romantic anime.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.