This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

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

Tour the original street level of Port Angeles, buried underground in 1914.

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

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

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

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

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

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

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.