This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

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

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

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

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.