This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

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

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

In one Santa Monica parking lot a mushroom cloud made of chains heralds a message of peace.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.