A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

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

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

Definitely not a clown bar.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

The magic's in the hole!

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

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

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

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.