Worker-owned cooperative and resource for those looking to lighten their ecological footprint.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

The newsstand that never closes its doors—well, almost never.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

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

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

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 last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.