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

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

A historic hotel in an old California railroad town with a rowdy reputation.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

This 19th century train workshop is a treasure trove of railroad history.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

Art Deco stylings conceal the true nature of this bridge.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.