Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

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

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A store that sells all manner of bones, insects, and animal curiosities.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

One of the oldest continually operating drinking establishments west of the Mississippi.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

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

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

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

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

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.