An abandoned early 20th-century gold mine in a spectacular setting overlooking Bridgeport Valley and the Sierra Nevada.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

Browse through roughly 130,000 titles in the world's largest independent video rental store.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Thomas Dambo's troll sculpture wears a crown with birdhouses on his head.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

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

Oakland's beautiful monumental cemetery.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Two groundbreaking brothers from Pasadena.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.