A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

The world's longest known cave system.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

This little Vancouver shack is a temple to all things Hendrix.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A popular winter vacation destination for migrating monarch butterflies.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The magic's in the hole!