Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Home of what was the largest hydraulic mine in the world, producing gold and the first diamonds in the U.S.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

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

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

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

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

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.