Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

This subtle Berkeley paving stone actually marks off a lawless tube of air that extends into space.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

"Girl in a Wetsuit" is what happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100 year old copyright.

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

Known as the “Official Greeter of Juneau,” this dog still welcomes ships and their passengers to Alaska.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

The facade of this relic from the Klondike gold rush is decorated with over 8,800 pieces of driftwood.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

A monument commemorating the role of Alaska's native Tlingit guides in the Klondike Gold Rush.