Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.

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

This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.