A world-class observatory in the California desert.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

The oldest structure in a beachside California city was built to serve eight students.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

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

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

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

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

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

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.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.