This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

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

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

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

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.