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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.