This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

Overlooking Puget Sound sits a garden with a Buddhist prayer wheel and an elaborate labyrinth.

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

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

This large, castle-like structure is hidden amid the mountains on the grounds of the Utah State Hospital.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.

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

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

Antiques shop filled with all manner of curious collectibles.