The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

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

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

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

The huge granite obelisk that towers over a small California town.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

A "haunted" landmark on the coast of Southern California.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

A pair of pure white felines guard the entrance to a spot of California real estate established as an artist's haven.

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.