The spur that wouldn’t die.

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

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

Where a staggering 747 ships were constructed during World War II.

The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.

Once the gateway to the utopian dream-village of a Civil War embalmer.