Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

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

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The magic's in the hole!

A tribute to a unique bike race that takes place every year.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.