Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

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

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

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

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

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

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.