An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

The Flatiron Building's storied West Coast cousin is a lot more into religion.