There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

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

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.

Artifacts fill the old headquarters of the hugely influential political movement to ban alcohol in the United States.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

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

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.