A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

This Taoist temple is the oldest continuously used Chinese temple in California.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

Founded in 1961, this comic shop is said to be the oldest in the world.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

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

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

This sci-fi gazebo located in a Washington power town is made from old bits of industrial electrical equipment.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

Built in 1890, this is the last remaining wooden fire bell tower in the United States.

The long, arduous journey of the stones of the Abbey of New Clairvaux.