A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

Massive crater in central Oregon.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

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

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

A volcanic fissure over two miles long and up to 70 feet deep.

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

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.