Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

A lonely chimpanzee lures you into a narrow alley leading to this hidden shrine.

This monument celebrates this shopping district's past history as a feudal silver mint.

A commemoration of the first Dutchman to reach Japan, whose name still echoes in the heart of Tokyo.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

Definitely not a clown bar.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Part mural and part sculpture, this work of art sits in the middle of the Promenade, as if swimming in a river of asphalt towards the ocean.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.