San Francisco, California
Aria Antiques
A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.
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San Francisco, California
A whimsical antique shop with a strong air of mystery, filled with items from ages, and what feels like worlds, past.
San Francisco, California
The longest continuously operating Elk's Lodge in the country.
San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
San Francisco, California
This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.
Seattle, Washington
Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.
Seattle, Washington
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.
Seattle, Washington
A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.
Seattle, Washington
From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Encinitas, California
What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Bombay Beach, California
Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.
Niland, California
An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.
Calipatria, California
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Inyo County, California
Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
Furnace Creek, California
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
Beatty, Nevada
A land of debatable treasure.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Beatty, Nevada
A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.