High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

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

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The four tall pillars once marked the entrance of the historic Seattle church that fought for women's suffrage and civil rights.

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

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.