An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

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

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

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

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

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

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

The magic's in the hole!

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

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

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.