The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Europe’s most powerful hot spring supplies the surrounding region with hot water.

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.