A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Amazing meticulous gardens of personal wood carvings, Hydrangea, Canna, and many other flowers.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.