These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

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

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.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

This museum looks at the history of one of America's most famous prisons and most beloved albums.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

This tree has witnessed nearly 1,000 years of history.

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

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.