Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

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

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

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

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.