A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

Frank Lloyd Wright died a year before construction on his largest public project even began.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

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 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

Abandoned landscape once home to "the world's largest winery."

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

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

9,000 square feet of vintage and modern mechanical toys, dioramas & sideshow curiosities.