Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

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

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

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

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

Historic site where Native American hunters once trapped and killed buffalo.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

A building so large that it has its own weather.