The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

This hotel has hardly changed in over a century, like a time capsule of old Oregon.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This great stone guardian of the forest is a relic from the land's volatile volcanic past.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.