A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

Crafted in 1911, this steam locomotive spent its entire working life in Flagstaff.

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

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

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.