This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A rotting tree in the middle of Seattle doubles as an elaborately-controlled art piece.

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

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

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

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

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