Atlas Obscura
Metallica Bridge in Ferndale, Washington
Beginning in the 1980s, the metalheads and music lovers of small-town Ferndale, Washington, began to paint Metallica's band logo on a section of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe bridge that runs by Main Street. Despite being seen as a nuisance in the early years and having been cleaned or painted over dozens of times throughout the years by the city, generations of metal fans have kept the spir…