Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

A massive ultra-modern church presents a science-fiction view of Catholicism's inclusive future.

Collective dedicated to restoring steam engines.

A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

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

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

This mysterious series of teeny guerrilla installations sheds a whimsical light on street art in Oakland.

An art collective teaching the more fiery, metal-y art forms.