A large instrument played by the wind.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

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

This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The magic's in the hole!

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."