A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

The magic's in the hole!

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

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

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

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

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.