Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

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

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

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

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

The Incredible Hulk, Yoda, Mulder and Scully, and many many others watch over the mean streets of Toronto.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

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

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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