Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

Inside this library turned museum, the history of Modesto and Stanislaus County is on full display.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

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

Massive crater in central Oregon.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

This tiny home built on revenge appears to be scarcely wider than a Volkswagen.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

Old submarine parts have been converted into faux whale fins.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.