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

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

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

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

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.