One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

The only house in Oregon designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.