This 50-ton ship on Orcas Island has never seen the ocean.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

A picturesque example of brute-force engineering conquering nature.

A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

This ”skyspace,” which bears a resemblance to a spacecraft, is designed to disappear in the presence of light.

An out-of-the-way state park in Oregon that features both a picturesque waterfall and the ruins of a hydropower plant.

Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

The magic's in the hole!

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

A family accused of witchcraft once called this medieval tower home.

An island said to shake with the current.

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

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.