A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

A miner's handmade folk art fountains are tucked in the woods off a multilane highway. 

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

A once celebrated industrial wonder now lurks in a quiet corner of Flathead Lake.

Crystal clear, drinkable mountain spring water by the side of the road.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A heartfelt tribute to all of the victims of one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

This impressively large collection includes crackers shaped like Jimmy Carter, Mickey Mouse, and more.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

A normal, unassuming pedestrian overpass has been the demise of many, many trucks.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.