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

Craft liquors concocted in an old Seattle warehouse.

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

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

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

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

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.

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.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.