Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

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

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

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

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

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

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