This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

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.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

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.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

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

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

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