This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

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.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

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

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

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

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

One toy collector's legacy of hundreds of unique items includes the most diverse display of northern indigenous dolls.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

On top of a sheet metal business in Juneau stand nearly a dozen charming Wizard of Oz statues.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."