A former electric substation that was converted into a magnificent mansion.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.

A winding stairway to a secluded beach in a residential neighborhood.

Opened in 1911, this small shop is the oldest ongoing establishment in St. George.

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

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

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

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

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

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

High winds can make this one scary landing.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.