Hawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

Pay homage to a preeminent matriarch, and the native Dena’ina people, at this sculpture installation in Anchorage.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

This 820-foot-high spiral ramp is a walkway to the sky.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

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.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A monument to the love people have for their pets.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

A hidden gem, named after a San Franciscan icon, offers spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.