A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

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

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

See six states, pickled freaks, rocks, and antiques.