New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

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

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

A statue of the owner stands outside of this museum, once the most popular brothel in town.

A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

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

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

An allegedly haunted mansion with a tragic, tawdry past.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

The founder of a utopian religious community based on the Golden Rule laid his son to rest on this grassy hill.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

A tribute to the Nirvana frontman hides beneath the bridge that was the singer's beloved hangout spot.

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

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.