A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.