Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.

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

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.

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

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

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

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.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.