The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

Not far from Mount Rainer, an iron wonderland claims the landscape.

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.

A historic Masonic building overlooking the Puget Sound.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

This giant fiberglass cod celebrates Madison's self-proclaimed status as the U.S. capital of lutefisk.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The burial grounds of a secret society includes fences topped with fake Tesla balls.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.