A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

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

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.

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

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

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

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.