A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Largest collection of mounted dinosaur specimens in the world.

Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.

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

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.