The former home of the "Mother of Father's Day."

A magical sanctuary of mythological statuary.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

The spur that wouldn’t die.

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

Leave a button on the jacket of this iconic Seattle clown.

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

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.