A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Four abandoned towers hidden above the Douglas fir forest in Washington.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An apocalyptic seismic event creates a deadly chain reaction that ends with a 6-mile long lake developing within weeks.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.