On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

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

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

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

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