Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

Successful artist residence program has filled this ranch with dozens of sculptures over the years.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

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

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

One poet's handmade, anachronistic home.