This isn't your ordinary big city airport:

LAX entrance, eighteen 100 ft high pylons, 32 ft high LAX sign, variation of 300 different colors

PHOTO CREDITS: lawa.org, corbis.com, http://www.primenet.com/~dbrady/oliande/encounter.html

Learn more about the LAX theme building and the encounter restaurant inside here

These aren't your ordinary subway stations:

This isn't your ordinary european style train station (Union Station, Spanish style right down to the fountains, 135 ft high bell tower, station w/ 50 ft high walls)

credits: USC downtown Los Angeles walking tour, nycsubway.org, trainweb.com, DonBlitz@PlacePix

These aren't your ordinary light rail stations