The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Adolph Sutro's little-known, geographically inaccurate, deprecated monument.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A promotional sun clock on the site of San Francisco's great raceway.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

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

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

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

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

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

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

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

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

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

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