This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

Puzzling...this tree looks like an assemblage of dismembered monkey limbs.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

Made by river sediment, it is the largest alluvial fan in the world.

This Edwardian style home doubles as a magnificent local art gallery.

This giant slab of driftwood marks the beginning of the Winnemucca to the Sea Highway.

Equipment used to mine silver and lead has been preserved in this almost-ghost town in northern Nye County.

A spectacular but little-known slot canyon in extreme northern Nevada, with sheer walls nearly 500 feet high and a perennial stream.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

The "stairway to heaven" lookout tower was built to resist weather, arson, and the laws of physics.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.