Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

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

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

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

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

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

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

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

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.