Port Costa, California
The Warehouse Cafe
Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.
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Port Costa, California
Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.
Vallejo, California
The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.
Vallejo, California
The oldest Naval cemetery on the West Coast.
Vallejo, California
The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.
Vallejo, California
The oldest Naval chapel in the United States is home to an incredible collection of Tiffany stained-glass windows.
Vallejo, California
The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Corvallis, Oregon
Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.
Corvallis, Oregon
This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Portland, Oregon
Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.
Portland, Oregon
The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!
Portland, Oregon
This garden is dedicated to a Portland cartoonist who specialized in dark humor.
Portland, Oregon
An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.
Portland, Oregon
Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
San Francisco, California
Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A historic office and commercial building located in the heart of downtown San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
For nearly 50 years, this San Francisco nonprofit has been serving as a mix of recycling center and art school.
San Francisco, California
Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.
San Francisco, California
Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.
San Francisco, California
The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.