Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

This family mausoleum is steeped in symbolism and looks more like a fantasy location than a grave.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.

Hundreds of hopeful gold miners came here to get rich, but only two years later the small town was deserted.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

Nuclear reactor created the plutonium used on Nagasaki.

An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.