The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

Hidden in Portland’s West Hills, a 170-year-old marker literally stakes out the Pacific Northwest.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Inspired by a piece of concrete, these three pyramid-shaped buildings have been beloved Indianapolis landmarks for over 50 years.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.

A tribute to the man who invented basketball stands in his Canadian hometown.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.