This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

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

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.