Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

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

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

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

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

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

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

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.