Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

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

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

Roadside collection of 65,000 signs.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.