This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

The former home of the "Mother of Father's Day."

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

A town's monument to a touch-football victory 50 years in the making.