A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.