While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

An old World War II hangar holds 20 vintage aircraft and the rare opportunity to take a ride in a 1940s warbird.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

A brief journey through early 19th-century pioneer life across Linn County.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

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

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

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

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.