The gravestones in this lost burial ground were bulldozed and replaced with houses and a dog park.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

A brewery warehouse which doubles as a circus bigtop.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

A cave interior in the shape of the ancient rhinoceros, created by lava cooling around its carcass.

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

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.