This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

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

A large wind turbine installation in central Washington State is home to an extensive set of interpretive exhibits.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Once the fastest ship from San Francisco to Tahiti, the Galilee now lays in pieces in three different cities.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.