A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

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

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

The remains of this early 20th century refinery loom on a mountainside like a graffiti-covered fortress.

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

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

A replica that won't float away.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.