Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A plaque commemorates the spot in the Oregon woods where the first-ever Geocache was hidden.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

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

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.