This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

While these wooden totems bear a striking resemblance to First Nations artwork of British Columbia, their actual origins lay on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

Here, visitors can swing with the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

A mosaic map made of over 100,000 tiles depicts the geological features and sea creatures that live along this San Diego beachside community.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

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

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

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

A herd of colorfully painted bovine statues can be found in the middle of "cowtown."

A former elementary school houses one man's extensive collection of art, artifacts, and taxidermy.

This small island has a dark past as a colony for Chinese lepers and a dropoff point for bootleggers.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.