A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

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

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

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

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.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

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

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.