Beer lover's can-covered house.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

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

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.