This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The large fjord lake is thought to be the home of "Ogopogo," a giant sea serpent.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.

This quirky countryside store is known for the goats that hang out and eat the grass on its roof.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

This country market harbors goats on its roof.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.